Announced July 23, 2013 (read my article on the original notice in the Federal Register) and effective January 1, 2014, the USEPA created two conditional exclusions for solvent-contaminated wipes.  The first excluded certain reusable solvent-contaminated wipes from regulation as a

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  is aware of the difficulties faced by the retail sector in complying with the hazardous waste regulations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).  Complications specific to the retail sector include: A large

Even those states without authorized hazardous waste programs under RCRA (Iowa, Alaska, & Puerto Rico) are responsible for the management of non-hazardous solid waste within their state.  While regulations for hazardous waste find their authority in Subtitle C of the

The safe transportation of a hazardous material, which includes the time it is loaded or unloaded from a vehicle on your property, requires knowledge of the Hazardous Material Regulations of the PHMSA/USDOT.  This knowledge can come from a variety of

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

The regulations enacted under the authority of the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) and its many amendments are enforced by both the USEPA and States if they have an authorized hazardous waste program.  In this situation, though its state regulations

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This article is the fifth 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 the requirements of

Recent derailments and resulting fires indicate that the type of crude oil being transported from the Bakken region may be more flammable than traditional heavy crude oil The above determination was made by the USDOT Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety

The discovered leak of toluene and xylene from a 55-gallon drum transported by Wisconsin highway in February 2014 was reported and contained with, "...no real danger to life and health" according to Fire Chief of the responding community.  While that