Resource Conservation Recovery Act

Any hazardous chemical or chemical waste listed or having characteristics identified by the Resource Conservation Recovery Act, with the exception of those snspended by Congress nnder the Solid Waste Disposal Act... 

Some refinery wastes that might exhibit a degree of hazard are exempt from the Resource Conservation Recovery Act regnlation by legislation and include the following ... 

Currently, there are closure Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) permit modifications awaiting ERA approval. To date, there have been no delays due to approval of permit modifications, but they could occur in the future. Permit modifications need to be identified sufficiently early to allow time for regulatory reviews, public comment, resolution of comments, and incorporation of changes into the applicable engineering change proposals (ECPs), work orders, or other management control documents. 

Environmental Clean-up Responsibility Act (ECRA) Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) Superfund Amendments Re-authorization Act (SARA)... 

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... 

Governing Act Resource Conservation Recovery Act, (as amended) Regulatory Authority EPA Regional Office ... 

Pipeline Safety Acts, the Resource Conservation Recovery Act, and the Clean Water Act. 

The volatilization and leaching of various forms of mercury (elemental, mercuric sulfide, mercuric oxide, and mercurous oxide) from soils or wastes was examined using the headspace method for volatilization and the Resource and Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) leaching protocols for leaching through soil to determine if the leachates exceeded the RCRA limit of 200 g/L (ppb) (Willett et al. 1992). With the exception of mercuric sulfide, the other forms of mercury increased in concentrations in the headspace vapor and in the leachate as the soil concentrations increased, although the elemental mercury... 

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. 

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) controls the disposal of ha2ardous waste. SARA Tide III governs the toxic iaventory and emission reporting the Clean Water Act (CWA) sets the limits for metals that can be present ia water discharge and the Clear Air Act (CAA)... 

Clean Air Act and its amendments ia 1970, 1977, and 1990 1967 Air Quahty Standards and National Air Pollution Acts and 1970 National Environmental PoHcy Act) (2) better waste disposal practices (1965 SoHd Waste Disposal Act 1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) (see Wastes, industrial Waste treatment, hazardous wastes) (i) reduced noise levels (1972 Noise Control Act) (4) improved control of the manufacture and use of toxic materials (1976 Toxic Substances Control Act) and (5) assignment of responsibiUty to manufacturers for product safety (1972 Consumer Product Safety Act) (15,16). 

Based on the evidence that acceptable recycled petroleum products can be produced, there is a considerable legislative record encouraging the recycling of used oil. Starting with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act in 1976 (20), used oil was held apart from the normal hazardous waste system because the oil was viewed as a valuable commodity. This was followed by the Used Oil Recycling Act in 1980 (33), which removed any federal requirement that lubricants containing re-refined base oil carry special labeling. 

The two main federal agencies involved in the protection of human health and the environment are the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). EPA s principal concern is the protection of the environment, in most cases, the area outside of an industrial faciUty. There are 10 regional offices that carry out the regulatory functions of the agency (Table 1). Primary laws covered by EPA are the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and LiabiUty Act (CERCLA), Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and Eederal Insecticide, Eungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). 

Solid and Hazardous Waste. Regulation of pollution resulting from soHd waste disposal was formulated at a much slower pace than regulation of air or water pollution. It was not until the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 (6) was passed that substantial controls were authorized. 

The main objectives of RCRA ate to protect pubHc health and the environment and to conserve natural resources. The act requires EPA to develop and adininistet the following programs soHd waste disposal practices providing acceptable protection levels for pubHc health and the environment transportation, storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous wastes practices that eliminate or minimize hazards to human health and the environment the use of resource conservation and recovery whenever technically and economically feasible and federal, state, and local programs to achieve these objectives. 

Transportation and Disposal. Only highly alkaline forms of soluble sihcates are regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) as hazardous materials for transportation. When discarded, these ate classified as hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Typical members of this class are sodium sihcate solutions having sihca-to-alkah ratios of less than 1.6 and sodium sihcate powders with ratios of less than 1.0. In the recommended treatment and disposal method, the soluble sihcates are neutralized with aqueous acid (6 Af or equivalent), and the resulting sihca gel is disposed of according to local, state, and federal regulations. The neutral hquid, a salt solution, can be flushed iato sewer systems (86). 

Clean Air Act (CAA) Clean Water Act (CWA) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)... 

Thiophene and 3-methylthiophene are Hsted on the TSCA chemical substances inventory. Thiophene is regulated as a hazardous material under OSHA and also regulated under the Clean Air Act, Section 110, 40 CFR 60.489, but there are no exposure limits or controls set for 3-methylthiophene. Both materials are regulated under sections 311/312 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, 1986 (SARA), as materials with an acute health and fire hazard, and under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as ignitable hazardous wastes (DOOl). 

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