The Bullet: A private homeowner - a person in the eyes of the regulations - was issued a civil penalty of $7,395 for the disposal of household waste on their property. Who: The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (OR DEQ,

USEPA will impose a per manifest fee for each manifest submitted to the e-Manifest System based on the type (paper or electronic) and mode of submission (mail, data upload, image file upload).  The final fee schedule for the system launch

A question from a customer of mine who had attended my Onsite Training at their facility several months before: Hi Dan, I hope this finds you doing well. During the training session back in April, there was a question raised

This article will explain the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) of the USDOT/PHMSA for the packaging and transport of lithium cells or batteries shipped for disposal or recycling. The transportation in commerce of lithium cells or batteries is subject to myriad

Just one of those questions I receive all the time: hi so i was wondering what would the be the safest way to transport asbestos in a regular ford van? thank you! My reply: I apologize for my delay.  I

A question from someone in the HazMat transportation business (06.02.17): The company I work for hauls frac tanks recently we had a tank that was used to store red diesel heating oil when we went to pick up the tank

If you're like me you probably thought the launch day for the e-Manifest System would never come.  Well, it looks like both of us were wrong!  After missing several of its self-imposed deadlines (see:  History of the e-Manifest System) the

The purpose of this article is to identify and explain the regulations of the USEPA that allow a large quantity generator of hazardous waste (LQG) to consolidate hazardous waste received from a very small quantity generator (VSQG). Prior to the

The Generator Improvements Rule created ~60 changes to the Federal regulations of the USEPA for the management of hazardous waste. Some of those changes are significant; such as the allowance for Episodic generation of hazardous waste by a VSQG or

In an earlier article I summarized the responsibilities of a hazardous waste generator for the completion and distribution of the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest (Manifest).  Read: Use and Distribution of the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest.  That article dealt only with