Waste management regulation

The section of the RCRA of most concern to the chemical industry is Subtitie C, the hazardous waste management regulations. The purpose of this section is to regulate hazardous wastes from their generation to their disposal. FaciUties that generate, treat, store, or dispose of hazardous wastes ate coveted by these regulations. 

NREPC. 1987. Kentucky waste management regulations. Frankfort, KY Department for Environmental Protection, Division of Water, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet. 401 KAR 5 031. 

There are five classes of injection wells (Class I through V). Class I disposal wells are used for the disposal of industrial and hazardous waste streams, and may also be subject to certain RCRA, Subtitle C hazardous waste management regulations. Class II wells are defined as those wells used in conjunction with oil and gas production activities. Class III wells are defined as those wells that inject fluids ... 

NREPC. 1988. Natural resources and environmental protection cabinet. Kentucky Waste Management Regulations. Department for Environmental Protection. 401 KAR 31 030. 

BNA. 1990. California hazardous waste management regulations (California Administrative Code, Title 22, Division 4, Chapter 30). Washington, DC The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. 

CA. 1993a. California hazardous waste management regulations. 66260, Appendix VIII. Hazardous Constituents. 

KAR. 1991b. Appendix on Hazardous Waste Constituents. Kentucky Hazardous Waste Management Regulations. 401 KAR3E170. 

NMAC 4.1, New Mexico Hazardous Waste Management Regulations, New Mexico Administrative Code, State of New Mexico Environmental Department (NMED), Santa Fe, NM. 

State of Kentucky. 1992. Waste Management—Identification and Listing of Hazardous Wastes Title 401. Kentucky Waste Management Regulations. Frankfort, KY. 

Legal a legislated reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the Kyoto protocol, waste disposal and waste management regulations. 

Universal waste management does not require use of a manifest or a licensed transporter to transport the waste to a permitted treatment, storage or disposal facility. More importantly, management as universal waste allows facilities that meet universal waste handler requirements to accumulate these wastes without having to comply with the full set of hazardous waste management regulations. 

Compliance with biohazard and chemical waste management regulations continues to be one of the most significant issues in any laboratory. Chemical waste, either stock or reagent, should never be poured down laboratory drains. Instead, it should be collected into appropriate and clearly identified ( HAZARDOUS WASTE ) containers prior to removal by waste management services. Chemicals and reaction products should never be mixed. Not only is the practice dangerous but also creates additional costs in terms of dealing with the waste. 

Karnofsky, B. 1997. Hazardous Waste Management Compliance Handbook. New York Van Nostrand Reinhold. A handbook concerned with U.S. hazardous waste management regulations. 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency modified flic hazardous waste management regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to conditionally exclude solvent-contaminated wipes from hazardous waste regulations provided fliat businesses clean or dispose of them properly. The rule is based on EPA s final risk analysis, which was peer reviewed in 2008 and published for public comment in 2009, that concluded wipes contaminated with certain hazardous solvents do not pose significant risk to human health and the environment when managed properly. EPA estimates that the final rule will result in a net savings of between 21.7 million and 27.8 million per year. ... 

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