This article contains a transcript of an important USDOT/PHMSA interpretation letter.  Unfortunately, since it is greater than ten years old, it no longer is available on the Administrations website:  HazMat Interpretations.  If you wish for an original of the letter

• 98-0594
• gross weight
• net weight

In earlier articles I wrote of the regulatory requirement for a facility that generates any solid waste to conduct a hazardous waste determination:  The Hazardous Waste Determination and the basis for making the hazardous waste determination.  To summarize both articles,

• hazardous waste determination
• recordkeeping

Pursuant to the universal waste regulations at 40 CFR 273 a Small Quantity Handler or a Large Quantity Handler of Universal Waste may self-transport Universal Waste off-site as long as it complies with the following: Universal waste must be transported

• 40 cfr 273 subpart d
• universal waste transporter

Under the authority of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), US EPA Region 2 and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection have undertaken a clean-up of a container & packaging re-conditioner in Elk Township, NJ. RCRA is typically

• empty drums
• RCRA Empty
• superior barrel & drum company

Release Date: 09/30/2013 Contact Information: Suzanne Skadowski, EPA Region 10 Public Affairs, 206-295-4829, skadowski.suzanne@epa.gov (Seattle – September 30, 2013) The City of Tacoma has settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating federal rules on used oil contaminated with toxic polychlorinated

• pcb's
• Used Oil

09/23/2013 Removal of chemical waste to start this week Contact: Richard Mylott, 303-312-6654 (Denver, Colo. – September 23, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will begin to remove hazardous materials at the Parish Chemical Company site in Vineyard, Utah during

• parish chemical company

From the USEPA website:  Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Wiki EPA launched the Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Wiki  as a public platform for healthcare professionals to share their expertise regarding whether pharmaceuticals are hazardous waste when discarded. Professionals in the healthcare industry must register to

• Pharmaceuticals

The transportation in commerce of any quantity of a hazardous material will be subject to the Hazardous Material Regulations of the PHMSA.  In general, the regulations of the FMCSA will apply to the persons that transport passengers or property by

• cdl
• commercial motor vehicle
• FMCSA
• hazmat endorsement

The off-site shipment of a hazardous waste from a Large or Small Quantity Generator of hazardous waste (an LQG or SQG, respectively) requires the use of the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest (the manifest).  The purpose of the manifest is to

• exception report

This article is the first in a series to address the requirements of 40 CFR 265, subpart D - Contingency Plan and Emergency Procedures as it applies to a large quantity generator of hazardous waste (LQG).  Each article will explain

• contingency plan and emergency procedures
• subpart d