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Guidance and Policy

Components of Compliance: The Law, Regulations, and Guidance & Policy Documents

While most of the regulated community have some knowledge of the applicable regulations which with they must comply; and a passing familiarity with USEPA Guidance and Policy Documents; and a vague awareness of the law upon which they are all based; many lack a complete understanding of the relationship of these resources to their responsibility as a generator of hazardous waste.  The purpose of this article is to explain the role of these three elements:  the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the USEPA – and State – regulations, and Guidance & Policy Documents of both the USEPA and your state. (more…)