Amendments to the Resource

In 1984 the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the Resource and Conservation Act of 1976 (RCRA) were passed prohibiting the land disposal of certain hazardous wastes. Among these amendments is the "California List" distinguishing hazardous wastes now banned from landfilling such as liquid wastes containing greater than 20 mg/1 mercury. This waste is subject to the treatment requirements for heavy metals which are metal recovery or solidification (40 CFR 268.7 (a) and 268.7 (b)). ... 

In 1983, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services by administrative order established ATSDR as a separate agency of the Public Health Service. In 1984, amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) authorized ATSDR to conduct public health assessments at RCRA sites when requested by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), states, or individuals, and to help EPA decide which substances should be regulated and at what levels those substances threaten human health. 

Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 1984... 

Universal waste rule was an amendment to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act regulations. It is designed to reduce the amount of hazardous waste items in the municipal solid waste stream. The rule encourages the recycling of certain common hazardous wastes and their proper disposal. Another objective of this rule is to reduce paperwork and other administrative requirements and regulatory burden on businesses that generate these wastes, and to save them compliance costs. 

A critical part of the regnlation is to rednce and, where possible, eliminate the generation of hazardons waste. Waste minimization was specifically mandated in the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Wastes Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. This has had an enormous impact on the way waste is handled by printed circuit board facilities. Prevention of pollution has become the overriding goal in design with recycle and reuse technologies implemented only where pollution prevention is not feasible for technical and/or economic reasons. Chemical treatment of wastes should be utilized only where no other options exist. 

Mineral Oil Hydraulic Fluids. Disposal of used mineral oil hydraulic fluids is regulated as used oil under the Solid Waste Disposal Act as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and as amended by the Used Oil Recycling Act (42 U.S.C. 6901, 6905, 6935, 6937-6939, and 6074, see 40 CFR parts 260, 261, 266, 271, and 279). Used mineral oil hydraulic fluids to be recycled are not listed as hazardous wastes and can be burned for energy recovery or recycled. In general, the newer mineral oil hydraulic fluids (including water-in-oil emulsion fluids) do not contain known chemicals or other materials that are listed in 40 CFR 261 (RCRA) and can be burned for energy recovery or recycled. However, this may not apply to some of the older hydraulic fluids, particularly those containing PCBs. 

The hazardous waste regulatory program as we know it today began with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in 1976. Since its enactment in 1976, the RCRA has been amended several times, to promote safer solid and hazardous waste management programs (Dennison, 1993). The Used Oil Recycling Act of 1980 and the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA) were the major amendments to the original law. 

California Air Resources Board, Initial Statement of Proposed Rulemaking, Amendments to the Low-Emission Vehicle Program, September 25, 1992, and Supplement, Establishment of Reactivity Adjustment Factors and Speciated Vehicle Data and/or Airshed Modeling Results, November 13, 1992a. Available from the California Air Resources Board, 9528 Telstar Ave., El Monte, CA 91731. 

The expressed intent of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) originally enacted in 1970 is to assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources.. . The act presently affects approximately 6 million workplaces and 70 million employees. Over 500 amendments to the Act have been introduced since the original legislation. A recent printing of the OSHA standards can be found in Title 29, Chapter XVII, Part 1910 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

During the 1970s and the early 1980s, toxic chemicals and other hazardous wastes were treated by land disposal or by incineration. The Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 1984 to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) severely restricted disposal of wastes in untreated landfills, surface impoundments, and land treatment units. Additionally, negative public opinion was focused on the disproportionate risk borne by those living near incinerators and other hazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities. Environmental laws passed in the 1970s clearly articulated public and congressional dissatisfaction with early site remedies that wholly consisted of containment, off-site disposal, and incineration. 

Amendments to the RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act enacted to prevent... 

California Air Resources Board, Staff Report 2008 Proposed Amendments to the California Zero Emission Vehicle Program Regulations (Fast Refueling for EVs), 8 February, 2008. 

This section does not apply to (i) Any hazardous waste as such term is defined by the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.),... 

Use of integrated risk management techniques and proactive strategies for the amendments to the Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, (including SARA amendments), and the Toxic Substances Control Act will help each semiconductor facility to anticipate, achieve, and maintain compliance with applicable environmental regulations without having to go offshore for its manufacturing operations. 

Waste minimization was first introduced as a national policy in the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The EPA elaborated on the concept in its 1986 Report to Congress. ... 

To satisfy the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1977) and its amendment for hazardous and solid waste (1984), the 80(K) Series Methods have been designed to analyze solid waste, soUs, and groundwater. In particular, methods 8240/8260 require the use of a purge-and-trap device in conjunction with packed or capillary GC/MS, respectively, for the analysis of purgeable organic compounds. Methods 8250/8270 concern analyses for the less-volatile bases, neutrals, and acids by GC/MS after extraction from the matrix by an organic solvent. 

Resource Recovery Act, 1970 The Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965 was amended by Public Law 95-512, the Resources Recovery Ac4 of 1970. This act directed that the emphasis of the national solid-waste-management program should be shitted from disposal as its pri-maiy objective to that of recycling and reuse of recoverable materials in sohd wastes or the conversion of wastes to energy. 

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 1976 RCRA is the primaiy statute governing the regulation of solid and hazardous waste. It completely replaced the Sohd Waste Disposal Act of 1965 and supplemented the Resource Recoveiy Act of 1970 RCRA itself was substantiaUy amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA). The principal objectives of RCRA as amended are to ... 

Provides information about all RCRA regulations and programs including the Resource Conseiwation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund) and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)/Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III. Operates weekdays from 9 00 a.m. to 6 00 p.m., EST, excluding Federal holidays. Sendees are also available in Spanish. 

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