Managing Your Hazardous Wastes
Managing Your Hazardous Wastes

Author: James K. Voyles, Esq.

Publisher: Government Institutes

Published: 2002-08-01

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1461624932

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This 2nd Edition provides any facility that generates or processes hazardous waste—treatment facilities, recyclers, hazardous waste transporters, and storage facilities—with a practical guide for quickly and accurately identifying the extensive, detailed, and complicated Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requirements that apply to their operations. Featuring new compliance and training "tips," this complete desk reference is easy to read and easy to understand. In plain English, it summarizes and explains the federal requirements and provides practical guidance for developing effective management programs that comply with those requirements.

RCRA Hazardous Wastes Handbook
RCRA Hazardous Wastes Handbook

Author: Ridgway M. Hall, Jr.

Publisher: Government Institutes

Published: 2001-06-01

Total Pages: 642

ISBN-13: 1461724767

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This updated edition examines the latest regulatory and judicial developments involving the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and provides a clear, practical explanation of its requirements. New issues addressed in this edition include the new provisions regarding recycling, the corrective action program, and the regulation of combustion units; changes in enforcement policy, civil and criminal liability, and citizen suits; and new regulations regarding land disposal, underground storage tanks, facilities siting, and municipal solid waste management.

The RCRA Practice Manual
The RCRA Practice Manual

Author: Theodore L. Garrett

Publisher: American Bar Association

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 9781590312889

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The RCRA Practice Manual, Second Edition, is a comprehensive yet easy-to-use guide to an extraordinarily complex area of environmental law. This practice-oriented book focuses on the cradle-to-grave program for managing hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The RCRA program regulates the handling of these wastes by generators, transporters and treatment, storage and disposal facilities, and regulates a large segment of industry involved in manufacturing. The chapters in this updated edition of The RCRA Practice Manual are written by an impressive roster of environmental lawyers who practice extensively in this area. The guide clearly explains this dynamic law, its background, regulatory structure and procedures, and the implications RCRA has for your client or company. The authors offer practical suggestions and guidance that are essential to minimize the risk of penalty and to soften the blow when liability cannot be avoided. numerous judicial and regulatory developments since the first edition, including issues such as EPA over-filing, imminent and substantial endangerment, citizen suits, and recent EPA determinations, draft and final guidances, amendments, and reform programs.

Hazardous Waste Compliance Guide 2010
Hazardous Waste Compliance Guide 2010

Author: Summers Press

Publisher: Aspen Pub

Published: 2009-12-17

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780735587823

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The Hazardous Waste Compliance Guide helps employers easily understand the most important hazardous waste regulations that affect their business. It explains the basic links between employee safety regulations and hazardous waste. the Guide also asks and answers fundamental questions regarding the handling and reduction of hazardous waste. The Guide includes in depth discussion of OSHA's Hazard Communication (Employee-Right-to-Know) Standard, which is one of the most commonly cited OSHA standards, and is among the standards for which employers pay the most in annual fines and penalties. The Hazardous Waste Compliance Guide provides an overview of the major federal laws that address hazardous waste: the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and its implementing regulations and amendments; the Risk Management Plan under the Clean Air Act; and the Storm Water Program and Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure regulations under the Clean Water Act EPA's regulatory scheme rewards waste minimization. the Guide discusses minimizing waste by either reducing the volume of waste or reducing its toxicity. Included are minimization techniques for both hazardous and non-hazardous waste (with special emphasis on recycling) and requirements that apply to "universal wastes." The Hazardous Waste Compliance Guide comes with five sample safety plans required by EPA and/or OSHA. This edition of the Guide also includes discussion of these and other current topics: ;Discussion of recent regulatory action including these and others: changes to the definition of "solid waste"; changes to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) "listed" wastes; changes to the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan regulations; changes to the List of Extremely Hazardous Substances for Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) reporting; and increases in environmental penalties ;New state-specific universal waste and manifest requirement charts, plus a new chart comparing the different program levels for Risk Management Plans ;New checklists on hazardous waste transportation and disposal, RMP submissions, UST spill and overfill requirements, correct filling of USTs, and flammable and combustible materials under OSHA ;Discussion of two new reporting formats, the TRI-ME software for TRI reporting and the RMP*eSubmit software for Risk Management Plan (RMP) submissions, the use of which will now generally be required for submittal to EPA