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RCRA Orientation Manual 2008: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
This updated manual provides introductory information on the solid and hazardous waste management programs under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Designed for EPA and state staff, members of the regulated community, and the general public who wish to better understand RCRA, this document constitutes a review of the RCRA program and is not a substitute for RCRA or its implementing regulations. The manual comprises seven sections plus appendices:
- Introduction to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act;
- Managing Solid Waste - RCRA Subtitle D;
- Managing Hazardous Waste - RCRA Subtitle C;
- Moving Forward: Materials Management and Resource Recovery
- Miscellaneous Statutory Provisions;
- RCRA and its Relationship to Other Environmental Statutes; and
- Public Participation in the RCRA Program.
The manual consists of 26 Adobe PDF Files. Download them individually below, or download the entire manual (PDF) (248 pp, 2.2MB)
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- Cover and Table
of Contents and Foreword (PDF) (6 pp, 42K)
- Section
I: Introduction to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (PDF)
(8 pp, 249K)
- Section
II: Managing Nonhazardous Solid Waste (PDF) (14 pp, 209K)
- Section
III: RCRA Subtitle C - Managing Hazardous Waste (PDF) (2 pp, 103K)
- Chapter 1: Hazardous Waste Identification (PDF) (28 pp, 315K)
- Chapter 2: Hazardous Waste Recycling and Universal Wastes (PDF) (10 pp, 118K)
- Chapter 3: Regulations Governing Hazardous Waste Generators (PDF) (10 pp, 129K)
- Chapter 4: Regulations Governing Hazardous Waste Transporters (PDF) (4 pp, 70K)
- Chapter 5: Regulations Governing Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (PDF) (36 pp, 367K)
- Chapter 6: Land Disposal Restrictions (PDF) (10 pp, 86K)
- Chapter 7: Hazardous Waste Combustion (PDF) (10 pp, 292K)
- Chapter 8: Permitting of Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (PDF) (12 pp, 92K)
- Chapter 9: Corrective Action to Clean Up Hazardous Waste Contamination (PDF) (6 pp, 228K)
- Chapter 10: Enforcement of Hazardous Waste Regulations (PDF) (10 pp, 112K)
- Chapter 11: Authorizing States to Implement RCRA (PDF) (8 pp, 81K)
- Section
IV: Moving Forward: Materials Management and Resource Recovery (PDF)
(16 pp, 167K)
- Section
V: Miscellaneous Statutory Requirements (PDF) (2 pp, 68K)
- Chapter 1: Federal Procurement Requirements (PDF) (6 pp, 68K)
- Chapter
2: Medical Waste Regulations (PDF) (4 pp, 98K)
- Section VI: RCRA and its Relationship to Other Environmental Statutes (PDF) (2 pp, 83K)
- Section
VII: Public Participation (PDF) (10 pp, 83K)
- Appendices
- Appendix A: Hazardous Waste Manifest (PDF) (6 pp, 151K)
- Appendix B: Land Disposal Restriction Notification Requirements (PDF) (2 pp, 38K)
- Appendix C: Glossary (PDF) (14 pp, 84K)