"Cradle-to-grave" is the phrase that neatly sums up a generator's responsibility for hazardous waste under RCRA. It means that those who generate hazardous waste are responsible for it from its generation to its disposal. Along the way, there are very strict waste management rules, which vary depending on whether one is a generator, transporter, or operator of a treatment, storage or disposal facility. Universal wastes are certain widely generated hazardous wastes, for which EPA has less stringent rules.

This topic provides an overview of federal medical waste requirements, including Clean Air Act (CAA) regulations as they relate to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator (HMIWI) rules and Department of Transportation (DOT) hazardous material transport rules. Certain medical waste treatment technologies under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) also may apply.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), through its hazardous material regulations (HMRs), specifies requirements for the safe transportation of hazardous materials in commerce by rail, aircraft, vessel, and motor vehicle. DOT has general requirements for the loading, unloading, handling, and storage of explosives and hazardous materials as well as specific modal requirements. This section outlines DOT's requirements for hazardous materials transporters over roads and highways.

Energy generation and the environment will always be very closely linked. The extraction and utilization of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, to meet our nation's energy demands have significant impacts on our environment. In an effort to mitigate those impacts, regulations have been or are being established, and viable, sustainable energy alternatives are being developed.

In a letter, Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE) has asked EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe how the Agency is ensuring that personal information about agricultural operators mistakenly released to environmental groups will be retroactively protected.

This document is used to assist in the documentation of compliance for facitlities subject to the NESHAP for Manufacturing Of Nutritional Yeast (40 CFR 63, subpart CCCC)

Are your facility’s dirty rags a compliance headache? This guidance document will help you manage solvent-contaminated rags.

If after using a plastic bottle of a flammable liquid could you store the empty container in a flammable cabinet?

Chemical manufacturers welcomed a decision by the federal Surface Transportation Board (STB) that denied a petition from Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) to require that shippers of toxic-by-inhalation (TIH) commodities indemnify the UP against any and all liabilities resulting from the negligence or fault of the shippers, the negligence or fault of third parties, or acts of God.

This topic provides an overview of the reporting requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), also known as Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA Title III). EPCRA requires regulated facilities that manufacture, use, or store certain amounts of hazardous chemicals to develop and implement emergency plans, report chemical inventories, and notify authorities in the event of a toxic release.

DO HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO YOU? To know if you must comply with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste storage rules. The burden of complying with hazardous waste storage regulations is based largely on how long a period of time hazardous waste is kept at your facility. Permitted TSDFs can store hazardous wastes for years but have to go through an intensive permit application process and, once permitted, comply with more regulations than those that apply to unpermitted facilities. Generators are exempt from permit requirements but only if they comply with extensive regulations called "the accumulation time rule" that limit the time and amount of their hazardous waste that may be accumulated on-site and dictate the manner in which the waste may be stored.

This document is the initial notification form for sources subject to NESHAP for Aerospace Manufacturing And Rework Facilities (40 CFR 63, subpart GG)

This document is used to notifiy regulators of the compliances status of a facitlity subject to NESHAP for Aerospace Manufacturing And Rework Facilities (40 CFR 63, subpart GG)

This document is used to assist in the selection of compliance options for facitlities subject to NESHAP for Aerospace Manufacturing And Rework Facilities (40 CFR 63, subpart GG)

This document is the initial notification form for sources subject to NESHAP for Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources (40 CFR 63, subpart VVVVVV)

This document is used to notifiy regulators of the compliances status of a facitlity subject to NESHAP for Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources (40 CFR 63, subpart VVVVVV)

This checklist may be used by regulators for the inspection of a facility subject to the NESHAP for Chromium Emissions From Hard And Decorative Chromium Electroplating And Chromium Anodizing Tanks (40 CFR 63, subpart N)

This checklist may be used by regulators for the inspection of a facility subject to the NESHAP for Chromium Emissions From Hard And Decorative Chromium Electroplating And Chromium Anodizing Tanks (40 CFR 63, subpart N)

This checklist may be used by regulators for the inspection of a facility subject to the NESHAP for Chromium Emissions From Hard And Decorative Chromium Electroplating And Chromium Anodizing Tanks (40 CFR 63, subpart N)

This checklist may be used by regulators for the inspection of a facility subject to the NESHAP for Chromium Emissions From Hard And Decorative Chromium Electroplating And Chromium Anodizing Tanks (40 CFR 63, subpart N)

This document is used to assist in the documentation of compliance for facitlities subject to NESHAP for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning (40 CFR 63, subpart T)

This document is used to assist in the documentation of compliance for facitlities subject to NESHAP for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning (40 CFR 63, subpart T)

This document is used to assist in the documentation of compliance for facitlities subject to NESHAP for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning (40 CFR 63, subpart T)

This document is used to assist in the documentation of compliance for facitlities subject to NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, And Institutional Boilers Area Sources (40 CFR 63, subpart JJJJJJ)

This document is used to assist in the documentation of compliance for facitlities subject to NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, And Institutional Boilers Area Sources (40 CFR 63, subpart JJJJJJ)

This document is the initial notification form for sources subject to NESHAP for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing (40 CFR 63, subpart HHHHH)

The big topic at this year's New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission's Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference is how states, municipalities, and the regulated community can coordinate recovery, build resiliency, and adapt to climate change and extreme weather events.

Other priorities and a tight budget are the two main reasons the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a June 2010 petition from environmental groups to develop greenhouse gas (GHG) air emissions standards for coal mines under the new stationary-source provisions of Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 111(b)(1)(A).

Beginning June 4, 2014, operators of production platforms on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) must be in compliance with revisions to the safety and environmental management system (SEMS) final rule issued by the Department of Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).

40 CFR 63, Subpart CC - NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries: Summary of Monitoring, Recordkeeping, and Reporting Requirements

40 CFR 63, Subpart CC - NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries: Summary of Monitoring, Recordkeeping, and Reporting Requirements

40 CFR 63, Subpart DDDD - NESHAP for Plywood and Composite Wood Products: Requirements

40 CFR 63, Subpart DDDDD - NESHAP for Major Source Industrial, Commercial, And Institutional Boilers And Process Heaters: Questions and Answers

40 CFR 63, Subpart DDDDD - NESHAP for Major Source Industrial, Commercial, And Institutional Boilers And Process Heaters: Small Entity Compliance Guide

40 CFR 63, Subpart GG - NESHAP for Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework Facilities: Overview Brochure

40 CFR 63, Subpart HHHHH - NESHAP for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing: Implementation Tool

40 CFR 63, Subpart HHHHH - NESHAP for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing: Applicability Flowchart

40 CFR 63, Subpart HHHHHH - NESHAP for Paint Stripping and Miscellaneous Surface Coating Operations at Area Sources: Overview Brochure

40 CFR 63, Subpart JJJJ - NESHAP for Paper and Other Web Surface Coating: Applicability Flowchart

40 CFR 63, Subpart JJJJJJ - NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, And Institutional Boilers Area Sources: Boiler Tune-Up Guide

40 CFR 63, Subpart JJJJJJ - NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, And Institutional Boilers Area Sources: Overview Brochure

40 CFR 63, Subpart JJJJJJ - NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, And Institutional Boilers Area Sources: Small Entity Compliance Guide

40 CFR 63, Subpart JJJJJJ - NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, And Institutional Boilers Area Sources: Fast Facts

40 CFR 63, Subpart M - NESHAP for Perchloroethylene Air Emission Standards For Dry Cleaning Facilities: Operating and Maintenance Practices

40 CFR 63, Subpart N - NESHAP for Chromium Emissions From Hard And Decorative Chromium Electroplating And Chromium Anodizing Tanks: Guidebook on How to Comply

40 CFR 63, Subpart T - NESHAP for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning: Guidance Document

40 CFR 63, Subpart T - NESHAP for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning: Overview Brochure

40 CFR 63, Subpart RRRRRR - NESHAP for Clay Ceramics Manufacturing Area Sources: Overview Brochure

This guidance manual discusses how a person can perform waste analyses and develop waste analysis plans (WAPs) in accordance with the federal hazardous waste regulations. The federal hazardous waste regulations are codified at 40 CFR Parts 260 through 279. The primary audiences for this manual are hazardous waste generators and owner/operators of treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (TSDFs).

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is encouraging metals recovery in the Metal Finishing Industry to increase recycling of F006 waste. While protecting human health and the environment, this final rule will minimize economic barriers to recycling waste water treatment sludge.

In a recent report, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) notes that EPA's 2012 TSCA Work Plan represents a significant increase in efforts by the Agency to assess the risks posed by existing chemicals but that it may still be years before the Agency initiates actions to reduce the risks identified in the assessments.

This topic provides an overview of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and several federal laws that protect trade secrets and confidential business information (CBI) submitted to government agencies.

Drinking water in the United States is regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), which is designed to protect drinking water quality and covers both surface and groundwaters that have the potential to be used as drinking water sources. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the authority to establish and update specific standards for drinking water quality and is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Last week, the Environmental Daily Advisor discussed stormwater, mercury spills, and universal wastes.

This session will train your employees to understand the hazardous waste rules, know how hazardous wastes are characterized, identify containers, properly label and store them, and inspect storage areas, read manifests and ship wastes, protect with PPE, and respond to emergencies. Use this RCRA Training: Hazardous Waste Introductory Training Audio presentation to train your workers on hazardous waste.

Energy generation and the environment will always be very closely linked. The extraction and utilization of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, to meet our nation's energy demands have significant impacts on our environment. In an effort to mitigate those impacts, regulations have been or are being established, and viable, sustainable energy alternatives are being developed.

"Cradle-to-grave" is the phrase that neatly sums up a generator's responsibility for hazardous waste under RCRA. It means that those who generate hazardous waste are responsible for it from its generation to its disposal. Along the way, there are very strict waste management rules, which vary depending on whether one is a generator, transporter, or operator of a treatment, storage or disposal facility. Universal wastes are certain widely generated hazardous wastes, for which EPA has less stringent rules.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), through its hazardous material regulations (HMRs), specifies requirements for the safe transportation of hazardous materials in commerce by rail, aircraft, vessel, and motor vehicle. DOT has general requirements for the loading, unloading, handling, and storage of explosives and hazardous materials as well as specific modal requirements. This section outlines DOT's requirements for hazardous materials transporters over roads and highways.

DO HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO YOU? To know if you must comply with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste storage rules. The burden of complying with hazardous waste storage regulations is based largely on how long a period of time hazardous waste is kept at your facility. Permitted TSDFs can store hazardous wastes for years but have to go through an intensive permit application process and, once permitted, comply with more regulations than those that apply to unpermitted facilities. Generators are exempt from permit requirements but only if they comply with extensive regulations called "the accumulation time rule" that limit the time and amount of their hazardous waste that may be accumulated on-site and dictate the manner in which the waste may be stored.

This topic provides an overview of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and several federal laws that protect trade secrets and confidential business information (CBI) submitted to government agencies.

This topic provides an overview of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), which is the major statute regulating pesticides. This topic also summarizes other federal environmental laws that regulate pesticides, such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Safe Drinking Water Act.

The 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) expanded a federal air quality permitting program called New Source Review (NSR) to clean up and maintain air quality across the country. Each state must include air quality permitting requirements that meet the standards of the federal NSR program in their state implementation plans (SIPs) to attain or maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program was established under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and regulates discharges of pollutants from point sources (pipe, ditch, well, etc.) to U.S. waters. Under NPDES, all facilities that discharge pollutants from any point source into waters of the United States are required to obtain a permit. The permit provides two levels of control: technology-based limits (based on the ability of dischargers in the same industrial category to treat wastewater) and water-quality-based limits (if technology-based limits are not sufficient to provide protection of the water body).