solvent-contaminated wipes

Solvent Contaminated Wipes Rule in Maine

Since March 24, 2011 the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (ME DEP) policy has offered an option for management of solvent-contaminated wipes (wipers in ME DEP policy) for generators of hazardous waste.  In the absence of a comparable exclusion in…

RCRA Conditional Exclusion for Solvent-Contaminated Wipes

In a press release dated July 23, 2013 the USEPA announced a modification of the RCRA regulations to conditionally exclude solvent-contaminated wipes from certain hazardous waste requirements.  This long-awaited final rule makes the following changes to the USEPA’s hazardous waste…