Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments

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 ... 

The J 984 Federal Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA, pronounced "hiss-wa") to RCRA requires phasing-out land disposal of hazardous waste. Some of the other mandates of this law include increased enforcement authority for EPA, more stringent hazardous waste management standards, and a comprehensive underground storage tank program. 

HSWA, Federal Hazardous and Solid Wastes Amendments (HSWA), U.S. EPA, Washington, DC, November 1984, available at http //www.epa.gov/osw/laws-reg.htm, 2007. 

Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) Superfund Amendments Pollution Prevention Act (PPA)... 

It should be noted that early remedial actions for contaminated soil consisted primarily of excavation and removal of the contaminated soil from the site and its disposal at a landfill. SARA strongly recommends on-site treatment that permanently and significantly reduces the volume, toxicity, or mobility of hazardous substances, and utilizes cost-effective permanent solutions. The legislation prohibits land disposal of hazardous wastes unless U.S. EPA determines otherwise (as in the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments, HSWA). 

The omnibus provision, added by Congress in the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA),18 allows the U.S. EPA Regional Administrator or state to incorporate into a permit any provision deemed necessary to protect human health and the environment. Even if a facility submits a permit application that is complete and technically adequate, if site-specific factors at the facility... 

Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments Hazardous waste combustors... 

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. 

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), enacted in 1974 to assure high-quality water supplies through public water system. The act is truly the first federal intervention to set the limits of contaminants in drinking water. The 1986 amendments came two years after passage of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) or the RCRA amendments of 1984. As a result, certain statutory provisions were added to these 1986 amendments to reflect the changes made in the underground injection control (UIC) systems. 

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) was enacted in 1976 and was revised substantially by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendment (HSWA) of 1984 (40 CFR pts. 260-280). The RCRA regulates the management of solid wastes that are hazardous. The definition of solid wastes in these regulations generally encompasses all discarded materials (including solid, liquid, semisolid, and contained gaseous materials) and many secondary materials (e.g., spent solvents, byproducts) that are recycled or reused rather than discarded [3]. Products such as commercial pesticides are not ordinarily solid wastes, but they become solid wastes if and when they are discarded or stored, treated, or transported prior to such disposal. 

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)). ... 

Section 3004 of the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) prohibits the land disposal of certain RCRA wastes. The Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (1984) to this act establish treatment standards for certain hazardous wastes prior to landfilling. ) After the effective dates of the prohibition, wastes may only be land disposed if 1) they comply with treatment standards promulgated by the EPA... 

In 1984, Congress passed amendments to the RCRA that are known as the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA). The HSWA were filled with specific deadlines and requirements to ensure that the USEPA implemented the RCRA (Rosenbaum, 1995). In the early 1980s, the Reagan administration cut USEPA spending and effectively slowed the work of the agency... 

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