The regulatory requirement for training employees who work with or around hazardous waste or may respond to a hazardous waste emergency depends upon your hazardous waste generator status (take this quick survey to determine your hazardous waste generator status). A…
In an earlier article I summarized the US EPA regulations regarding onsite treatment of hazardous waste by a generator. The Ohio EPA have their own regulations pertaining to this subject; they largely follow the US EPA but with some important…
Release Date: 11/26/2012 Contact Information: David Deegan, (617) 918-1017 (Boston, Mass. – Nov. 26, 2012) – A New Haven, Conn. company that makes door hardware has agreed to pay $39,705 to settle EPA’s claims that it violated state and federal…
Release Date: 12/19/2012 Contact Information: Ben Washburn, 913-551-7364, washburn.ben@epa.gov Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., Dec. 19, 2012) – EBV Explosives Environmental Company, doing business as General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems – Munitions Services, has agreed to pay…
As a state with an authorized hazardous waste program, Texas has its own regulations for the management of hazardous waste enforced by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). In addition, Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act…
The regulations of the US Department of Transportation at 49 CFR 172.202 indicate the requirements for a hazardous materials description on a shipping paper. A hazardous waste accompanied in transportation by a Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest is subject to the…
The determination of your hazardous waste generator status is necessary in order to identify which of the RCRA regulations (Federal & State) apply to your operations and what you must do to ensure compliance. This determination is based on the…
