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Federal Hazardous Waste Regulations and Guidance

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RCRA Laws and General Information

• The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) US code
  
• The RCRA Regulations (40 CFR Parts 240-299)
• Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act
  

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• RCRA Training Modules - "Introduction to Other Laws that Interface with RCRA"

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• RCRA Training Modules - "Introduction to RCRA Statutory Overview"

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• RCRA Online
• RCRA Orientation Manual - September 2002
• 25 Years of RCRA: Building on Our Past to Protect Our Future
  

Rules, Regulations and Policies

• Cement Kiln Dust
• Cleanup Hazardous Waste
• Chlorinated Aliphatics
• Disposal of Nonhazardous Waste
• Financial Assurance
• Fossil Fuels
• Generate and Transport Waste
• Identification of Hazardous Waste
• Land Disposal Restrictions
• Military Munitions
• Mining Waste
• Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
• Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Waste
• Permits and Permitting
• Procurement Guidelines
• Radioactive and Mixed Hazardous Waste
• Recycling of Hazardous Waste
• State Authorization
• Treatment of Hazardous Waste
• Universal Waste
• Waste Minimization

Disposal of Nonhazardous Waste

• Guidance for Industrial Waste Management - June 11, 1999
• Alternatives for Ground-Water Monitoring at Small, Dry, Remote Municipal Solid Waste Landfills - Summer 1995
• Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator (CESQG) Rule - June 1996
• Financial Assurance for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills - November 1996
• Site-Specific Flexibility Requests for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in Indian Country; Draft Guidance - August 1997

Financial Assurance

• Financial Assurance Mechanisms for Corporate Owners and Operators of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Facilities - April 10, 1998

Fossil Fuels

Generate and Transport Waste

• 180-Day Accumulation Time for Waste Water Treatment Sludges from the Metal Finishing Industry Final Rule, March 8, 2000
• Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; U.S. Exports and Imports of Hazardous Wastes RCRA ICR No. 1647.02 - November 01, 2000.
• Agency Information Collection Activities: Notification of Regulated Waste Activity and RCRA Hazardous Waste Part A Permit Application and Modification - May 14, 1999.
• Burden Reduction Rule - January 17, 2002
• The 1999 Hazardous Waste Report (draft) "Supporting Statement for EPA Information Collection Request 976.09" - October 1998

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• Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator Rule - June 1996
• Control of Transfrontier Movements of Wastes Destined for Recovery Operations OECD Council Decision Implementation Final Rule - April 1996
• Hazardous Waste Generator Standards - ICR - "Supporting Statement for EPA Information Collection Request Number 0820.06 - Hazardous Waste Generator Standards" - July 15, 1997
• Hazardous Waste Requirements for Large Quantity Generators - June 1996

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• Office of Solid Waste Burden Reduction Project; Notice of Data Availability and Request for Comment - June 18, 1999 and January 17, 2002
• Request for Information Concerning Transfrontier Movements of Wastes Destined for Recovery Operations Within the OECD Area - August 17, 1999
• Requirements for Generators, Transporters, and Waste Management Facilities Under the RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest System Information Collection Request
• Universal Waste - Final Rule - May 1995 and July 6, 1999

Identification of Hazardous Waste

Land Disposal Restrictions

Military Munitions

• Military Munitions Final Rule - February 12, 1997
  

Mining Waste

• Mining Waste- Bevill Amendment and Supporting Documentation - August 1994
  
• Land Disposal Restrictions, Phase IV - Final Rule
  Treatment Standards Proposed for Toxicity Characteristic (TC) Metal and Mineral Processing Wastes

Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Waste

• Oil, Gas, Geothermal Drilling and Production Waste Regulation - July 6, 1988

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• Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Energy Wastes Regulatory Clarification - March 22, 1993

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Permits and Permitting

• Agency Information Collection Activities:Continuing Collection; Comment Request; Part B: Permit Application, Permit Modifications and Special Permits - July 23, 1999 and October 7, 2002
• Agency Information Collection Activities: Notification of Regulated Waste Activity and RCRA Hazardous Waste Part A Permit Application and Modification - May 14, 1999 and May 9, 2002
• Permit Improvement Team - July 1996
• Standards Applicable to Owners and Operators of Closed and Closing Hazardous Waste Management Facilities: Post-Closure Permit Requirement and Closure Process; Final Rule - October, 1998

Procurement Guidelines

Recycling

• Hazardous Waste
  Implementation of the Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act

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Universal Waste - Final Rules - May 11, 1995 and July 6, 1999

Waste-Derived Fertilizer

State Authorization

• State Rule Authorization and Adoption Status

Treatment of Hazardous Waste

• Agency Information Collection Activities: Continuing Collection; Comment Request; Hazardous Waste Specific Unit Requirements, and Special Waste Processes and Types - May 5, 2000
• Agency Information Collection Activities; Continuing Collection; Comment Request; General Hazardous Waste Facility Standards - June 17, 1999
• Final Combustion Rules - February 13 and 14, 2002
• Final Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste Combustors
• The 1999 Hazardous Waste Report (draft) "Supporting Statement for EPA Information Collection Request 976.09" - October 1998 Adobe Acrobat PDF File[70 K] || About...
• Hazardous Waste Combustors; Revised Standards;Final Rule - Part 1: RCRA Comparable Fuel Exclusion; Permit Modifications for Hazardous Waste Combustion Units; Notification of Intent To Comply; Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention Criteria for Compliance Extensions - July 1998
  
• Hazardous Waste Combustion Rulemaking Continuous Emissions Monitoring System Notice of Data Availability - December 1997
• Land Disposal Restrictions: Notice of Intent To Grant a Site-Specific Treatment Variance to Chemical Waste Management, Inc. Proposed (October 26, 1998) and Final Rules (May 28, 2002)
• Land Disposal Restrictions: National Treatment Variance To
  Designate New Treatment Subcategories for Radioactively
  Contaminated Cadmium-, Mercury-, and Silver-Containing Batteries; Direct Final Rule - October 7, 2002
• Land Disposal Restrictions: National Treatment Variance To
  Designate New Treatment Subcategories for Radioactively
  Contaminated Cadmium-, Mercury-, and Silver-Containing Batteries; Proposed Rule - October 7, 2002
• Part 279 Requirements: Used Oil Management Standards (Poster)
  

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• Proposed Revised Technical Standards for Combustion Units - March 1996
  
• Office of Solid Waste Burden Reduction Project; Notice of Data Availability and Request for Comment - June 18, 1999 and January 17, 2002

Universal Waste

Waste Minimization

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