Waste transportation

Transport. In the United States waste transportation is regulated by the NRC and the Department of Transportation (DOT). Packaging and... 

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). 

Micro reactors may be used for the removal of chlorinated organic compoimds such as foimd in stockpiles of mixed waste [20]. On-site use of micro reactors may benefit from eliminating the need for waste transport, reduces the risk of exposure, could have lower investment and processing costs and may reduce the generation of secondary waste. These advantages seem to be clear, but so far there is no documentation in the Kteiatare giving experimental evidence. 

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

Universal waste transporters are persons who transport universal waste from handlers of universal waste to other handlers, destination facilities, or foreign destinations. These wastes do not need to be accompanied by an RCRA hazardous waste manifest during transport, but transporters must comply with applicable Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements. 

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. 

Apps, J.A., Lucas, J., Mathur, A.K., and Tsao, L., Theoretical and Experimental Evaluation of Waste Transport in Selected Rocks, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Report LBL-7022, 1977. 

If effective porosity and other parameters are known, the time of travel (TOT) for a molecule of waste transported by flowing water through the soil liner can be calculated. TOT equals the length of the particular flow path times the effective porosity, divided by the hydraulic conductivity times the hydraulic gradient (Figure 26.10). 

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. 

Universal waste transporter A transporter that transports universal waste from handlers to other handlers, destination facilities, or foreign destinations. 

A lot of our research has been focused on why people react as they do to the prospect of nuclear waste transport and storage. In a nutshell, when faced with a controversial problem like nuclear waste, Americans want to hear good and robust reasons for a policy. They want to see that the solution offered is a long term one. And they want to be able to identify tangible national benefits from the policy. We believe that an ideal nuclear future could have sufficient tangible national benefits for the American public to react positively. 

Yeh, G.T. D.S. Ward (1981). FEMWASTE A finite-element model of waste transport through saturated-unsaturated porous media. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division. Publication No. 1462, ORNL-5601.137... 

Multipoint attachment theory, 24 247 Multi-point fuel injection system, 10 51 Multiproduct batch processes, 20 723 Multipurpose batch pilot plants, 19 459 Multipurpose canister (MPC), radioactive waste transport in, 25 855 Multipurpose/multiproduct batch plants, 26 1000... 

U.S. Department of Transportation, nitric acid categories, 17 188 U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 21 568, 25 332. See also Department of Transportation (DOT) labeling regulations of, 21 115t radioactive waste transport regulation by, 25 855... 

Emissions Controi, Waste Transportation, and Waste Disposal... 

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. 

The service provider has developed and installed the improved wastewater purification process at the user s facilities and currently supplies the minimised amounts of required chemicals (FeCI3, NaOH) on the basis of Chemical Leasing. The company also takes care of the user s personnel training in the new process operation, the residual solid wastes transportation and disposal. 

Monitoring is generally required both for disposal processes and for maintenance activities when workers can potentially be exposed, as well as for emissions and wastes transported off site. SOPCs may be agents or nonagents they may be found in the plant, in outdoor air, in liquid process or effluent streams, on surfaces in the plant, or in solid waste materials. Table 2-1 shows a number of examples of media that may require monitoring. 

---