Clean Water Act CWA 33 U.S. Code 1251 et seq

Hazardous wastes are either listed wastes (40 CFR 261.30-.33) or characteristic wastes (40 CFR 261.21-.24). The U.S. EPA defines four characteristics for hazardous waste ignitability (40 CFR 260.21) corrosivity (40 CFR 260.22) reactivity (40 CFR 260.23) and toxicity (40 CFR 260.24). Any waste that exhibits one or more of these characteristics is classified as hazardous under RCRA. The ignitability definition includes a liquid that has a flash point less than 60 C (140 F) the EPA included ignitability to identify wastes that could cause fires during transport, storage, or disposal (e.g., used solvents). All of the solvents in Table 14.10.5 have flashpoints less than 60 C, so all could be a RCRA ignitability waste. 

4 Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA 42 U.S. Code 11001 etseq.) 

Enacted as Title III of the 1986 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act ( SARA ), the Act mandates the EPA to monitor and protect communities regarding releases of chemicals into the environment. It requires states to establish emergency planning districts with local committees to devise plans for preventing and responding to chemical spills and releases. [ Superfimd is the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980 that gives the U.S. EPA authority to force those responsible for hazardous waste sites or other releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants to conduct cleanup or other effective response actions.] 

Section 304 (40 CFR 355.40) Facilities are subject to state and local reporting for accidental releases, in quantities equal to or greater than their reportable quantities (RQ), of extremely hazardous substances (EHS) or CERCLA hazardous substances (40 CFR 302, Table 302.4) xmder Section 304. n-Hexane, cyclohexane, acetone, and some of the other solvents discussed are CERCLA hazardous substances and have CERCLA RQ for spills (Table 14.10.5). 

Section 311, 312 (40 CFR 370.20-.21) Business must make MSDSs, for chemicals that are required to have an MSDS, available to state and local officials. Since all of the solvents discussed require MSDSs tmder the OSHA HCS, all are covered by these requirements. 

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Clean Water Act (CWA 33 U.S. Code 1251 et seq.). Under the CWA, the U.S. EPA establishes water quality criteria used to develop water quality standards, technology-based effluent limitation guidelines, and pretreatment standards... 

Federal Water Pollution Control Act (known as the Clean Water Act) (CWA) (33 U.S. Code 1251 et seq.) The major law protecting the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the nation s waters. Allows the EPA to establish federal Limits on the amounts of specific Pollutants that can be released by municipal and industrial facilities. 

Federal Register, Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S. Code ss/1251 et seq. 1977, U.S. Government, Public Laws, May 2002, Available at www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title33/chapter26. html. 

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