Hazardous waste transporters

Tracks waste from collection to treatment. Database of 2,600 common chemicals which provides the EPA number for each chemical, DOT classiHcation for hazardous waste transport, and permit information. Templates for all required fornts, labels, and notices. 

Under the RCRA exemption, wastes intrinsically associated with the exploration and development of oil and gas do not have to follow Subtitle C regulations for disposal. Under Subtitle C, hazardous wastes must follow strict guidelines for storage, treatment, and transportation and disposal. The cost of handling materials under the Subtitle C scenario is overwhelming. Under the exemption, the operator is allowed to dispose of wellsite waste in a prudent manner and is not obliged to use licensed hazardous waste transporters and licensed Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDF). 

Hazardous waste transporters To govern the transport of hazardous waste between management facilities, RCRA regulates hazardous waste transporters. 

A hazardous waste transporter is any person engaged in the off-site transportation of hazardous waste within the United States, if such transportation requires a manifest. Off-site transportation of hazardous waste includes shipments from a hazardous waste generator s facility property to another facility for treatment, storage, or disposal. Regulated off-site transportation includes shipments of hazardous waste by air, rail, highway, or water. 

Transporter regulations apply only to the off-site transport of hazardous waste. They do not apply to the on-site transportation of hazardous waste within a facility s property or boundary. On-site refers to geographically contiguous properties, even if the properties are separated by a public road. Consequently, a facility may ship wastes between two properties without becoming subject to the hazardous waste transporter regulations, provided that the properties are contiguous. 

The universal waste transportation requirements are not onerous. Because they are not defined as hazardous wastes, universal wastes in the United States do not need to be accompanied by a hazardous waste manifest, or shipped by a hazardous waste transporter. Even so, transportation is where many generators lose money and where many recyclers make their margins. 

Use a licenced hazardous waste transporter and/or a licenced treatment, storage, or disposal facility, under the condition that the plant, as a generator, has ultimate legal responsibility for the plant s hazardous wastes ... 

The generator needs a USEPA-ID number and must use a manifest if it ships its waste offsite and may use a licenced hazardous waste transporter or a precious metal transporter and recycling facility ... 

Turner, P.L. Preparing hazardous waste transport manifests. Environ. Protection 1987, 3 (10), 12-16. 

Roy F. Weston, Inc., owns and operates two TISs the TIS-5, capable of treating 7 tons per hour (tph) of waste, and the TIS-20, designed to treat up to 30 tph. Both employ a two-stage combustion process for incineration of hazardous waste. Transportable incineration is generally cost-effective for sites containing more than 1000 tons of contaminated media. 

Once the radii of the VZs for the different chemicals have been computed, these can be overlaid onto a map with the release point in the center of the circle and the radius drawn around it (see Fig. 1). Moreover, there will also be a rectangular VZ surrounding the transportation route to the facility. The facility and the transportation route VZs can then be examined to identify areas of residential, commercial, and industrial land use (see Ref. ° for an analysis of hazardous waste transportation to an incinerator). In particular, special attention should be given to identifying the locations of special facilities whose inhabitants have limited ability to receive warnings or to take protective action (Table 1). 

Used Ni-Cd batteries are physically indistinguishable from new product. As a result, no environmental protection goal is achieved by requiring shipments to comply with hazardous waste transportation requirements. These requirements do cause prohibitive cost increases, however. 

Moreover, when a material is designated as a hazardous waste, it is generally required that a specially permitted and bonded transporter be the only party to undertake the movement of hazardous waste. This is because hazardous waste is presumed to be capable of doing great damage to the environment if spilled and must be cleaned up by specially trained personnel. But the use of a designated hazardous waste transporter increases the cost of moving material in commerce substantially. 

Transporters RCRA 3003 40 C.F.R. Part 263 RCRA 3003 requires that EPA establish standards for hazardous waste transporters that shall include but need not be limited to specified recordkeeping, labeling, manifest, and destination requirements. These standards, set out at 40 C.F.R. Part 263, basically extend the generator management system to persons who transport waste off-site. Thus, they do not apply to on-site transportation of hazardous waste by generators or by owners or operators of permitted hazardous waste management facilities. See 263.10(b). 

The technical standards contained in the DOT regulations cited above apply to hazardous waste transporters as well as to generators. 8 263.10(a). Aside from these standards, the transporter regulations are relatively straightforward. Transporters must notify EPA comply with the manifest system utilize special shipping papers for bulk hazardous waste shipments by rail or water and comply with the clean-up requirements in 8 263.30 and 263.32 if hazardous waste is discharged during transport. 

Other RCRA requirements may include a Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest (or its state counterpart) for off-site shipping of hazardous waste. Transport of... 

Alev Taskin Gumus 2009. Evaluation of hazardous waste transportation firms by using a two step fuzzy-AHP and TOPSIS methodology. Expert Systems with Applications, 36(2) 4067-4074. 

There are advantages if the determination of whether the surplus chemical meets the RCRA criteria for hazardous waste is delayed until after the material is taken to the central facility. If the excess chmical is defined at the laboratory as hazardous waste, transportation of the material may be a problem since one of the restrictions on transportation of hazardous waste, without... 

Transporters. Hazardous-waste transportation is a growing business. In the United States, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA) requires strict compliance with federal laws and applies not only to transporters of hazardous materials but also to generators who engage the services of such transportation companies. Transporters must be issued an identification number and are required to use the RCRA manifest system. The Department of Transportation is involved in ensuring compliance with the HMTA. 

An employer must know its hazardous waste generator status in order to employ the specific programs and controls in place, such as obtaining a USEPA identification number, storage requirements, and specific employee training. Hazardous waste can only be moved offsite by a regulated hazardous waste transporter. When moving hazardous waste via a transporter, a hazardous waste manifest must be used to track it to its final destination and fate. 

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