Contact Information: Ben Washburn, 913-551-7364, washburn.ben@epa.gov (Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 1, 2012) – Bayer CropScience LP has agreed to pay a $13,900 civil penalty to the United States to settle a series of environmental violations related to the distribution of…
Oil-Based Finishes as Universal Waste in Pennsylvania
The Universal Waste regulations of the US EPA at 40 CFR 273 provide an option for generators to manage what would be a hazardous waste according to a reduced regulatory burden. Relaxed regulatory requirements for Universal Waste include, but are…
What is a Universal Waste Pesticide?
The Universal Waste regulations found at 40 CFR 273 present an option for generators of hazardous waste to manage certain of those waste by a reduced regulatory burden. The Universal Waste regulations contain many differences between the Federal level (the…
Training Requirements for Handlers of Universal Waste
You may already be aware of the requirement for large quantity generators of hazardous waste to train their facility personnel annually. And you may be aware of the responsibility of small quantity generators of hazardous waste to ensure that all employees…
Notification of Regulated Waste Activity Form for Hazardous Waste Generators
The US EPA requires you to submit a Notification of Regulated Waste Activity (8700-12) Form for certain activities involving wastes subject to the regulations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). A Notification is required if you handle a…
Management of Alkaline Batteries
Batteries are one of those items that we are so used to seeing in our home life, that we sometimes forget that these can be generated as a waste at our place of work. In the course of a day…
The Universal Waste Option for the Management of Hazardous Waste
Recently, Waste Management LampTracker, Inc. was fined $118,800 for violations at its Kaiser, MO facility where it collects and recycles universal waste lamps, mercury-containing equipment, and batteries (US EPA news release). Its violations include: Failure to maintain adequate aisle space…