If you generate used or spent lamps at your facility and wish to crush them as a means to reduce the volume and related transportation and disposal costs, you must consider the applicable regulations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery…
May 2013 – Announcements of Proposed Rules, Changes to the Rules, and Final Rules for RCRA & the HMR
On its website the US Government Printing Office makes a wealth of Federal publications available for review and download; one of these is the Federal Register. Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the…
Applicability of the Hazardous Materials Regulations
All regulations begin with a law and the Hazardous Material Regulations (HMR) of the PHMSA/USDOT is no exception. The Federal hazardous materials transportation law (49 USC 5101 et seq.) directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish regulations for the safe…
Paint and Paint Related Waste (PPRW) as a Universal Waste in Texas
The Universal Waste regulations of the USEPA (40 CFR 273) identify the following as potential hazardous wastes that may be managed as a Universal Waste: Batteries Lamps Mercury-containing devices Recalled or cancelled pesticides Aerosol cans (as of February 07, 2020)…
PHMSA reduces the Annual HazMat Shipper/Carrier Registration Fees for 2013
The USDOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) requires carriers and shippers of certain hazardous materials to annually register and pay a fee (read all about it here). The fees collected are added to the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness…
General Placarding Requirements
49 CFR 172.504 – General Placarding Requirements contains the applicability, scope, and general requirements for the use of placards when transporting a hazardous material. §172.504(a) identifies the five (5) types of packagings and modes of transportation that will require placards,…
Hazardous Waste Generator Recordkeeping Requirements for Manifests
40 CFR 262.20(a)(1) mandates the use of a manifest (EPA form 8700-22) for a generator who transports or offers for transport a hazardous waste for offsite treatment, storage, or disposal. §262.40(a) requires a generator to keep a copy of the…
Owner of Colorado Aircraft Painting Company Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Treating Hazardous Waste
On March 12, 2013, NORMAN TELTOW, owner of Gold Metal Paint Co. LLC (GMP), pleaded guilty in federal district court in Denver to a criminal information charging him with illegally treating hazardous waste at the company’s facility. Teltow, who will be…
Requirements of 40 CFR 265.34 Access to Communications or Alarm System for Hazardous Waste Generators
In the previous article of this series I described the requirements of 40 CFR 265.33 – Testing & Maintenance of Equipment. That section of Part 265 specified what was required of a large quantity generator (LQG) or a small quantity generator…
Michigan Computer Company Owner Sentenced for International Environmental, Counterfeiting Crimes
From the USEPA Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics, and Training Environmental Crimes Case Bulletin for March 2013 On March 25, 2013, MARK JEFFREY GLOVER was sentenced in federal district court for the Eastern District of Michigan to 30 months in prison…