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RCRA Subtitle C (Hazardous Waste) Programs
Hazardous waste is a waste with properties that make it dangerous or potentially harmful to human health or the environment. Hazardous wastes can be liquids, solids, contained gases, or sludges. They can be the by-products of manufacturing processes or simply discarded commercial products, like cleaning fluids or pesticides. In regulatory terms, a RCRA hazardous waste is a waste that appears on one of the four hazardous wastes lists (F-list, K-list, P-list, or U-list), or exhibits at least one of four characteristics-ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, or toxicity. Hazardous waste is regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle C.
By definition, EPA determined that some specific wastes are hazardous. These wastes are incorporated into lists published by the Agency. These lists are organized into three categories: F-list (non-specific source wastes) found in the regulations at 40 CFR §261.31, K-list (source-specific wastes) found in the regulations at 40 CFR §261.32, and P-list and the U-list (discarded commercial chemical products) found in the regulations at 40 CFR §261.33. See information for Region 6 (links below) or national information (links on the right).
Programs & Resources
- Base Closure/Federal Facilities process to realign and close surplus military property and return the property for local economic development ....
- Center for Combustion Science and Engineering is a team of professionals who strive to provide quality technical expertise for the operations of combustion units while ensuring local communities protection of human health and the environment.....
- Cleanup Baseline is part of EPA's RCRA CleanUp Reforms initiative, a Baseline of 1700+ RCRA facilities nationwide published on July 8, 1999....
- Corrective Action requires investigation and cleanup of releases of hazardous wastes and hazardous constituents that pose an unacceptable risk at RCRA hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities....
- Corrective Action Strategy (CAS) a guideline to accelerate corrective action at RCRA facilities .....
- Delisting Program designates the formal agency rulemaking procedure to delist a listed or characteristic hazardous waste ....
- Delisting Risk Assessment Software (DRAS) is a software program with an efficient and scientifically defensible means to evaluate whether a RCRA listed waste qualifies for an exclusion, or "delisting" under 40 CFR .....
- Hazardous Waste (RCRA) Enforcement mission is to promote compliance with Federal environmental regulations in partnership with our States and Tribes....
- Human Health Media-Specific Screening Levels address common human health exposure pathways.....
- Obtaining EPA ID Number (EPA Form 8700-12) and associated instructions are designed to help determine if you are to notify EPA or authorized state of your regulated waste activities....
- Ready for Reuse is an Initiative to encourage cleanups that will quickly support protective redevelopment opportunities...
- Risk Assessment Program provides technical assistance in the areas of toxicological document review, risk calculations, risk assessment training and guidance on state-of-the-art science....
- Waste Minimization and the Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC) is a major national effort to find flexible, yet more protective ways to conserve our valuable resources through waste reduction and energy recovery activities that will improve public health and the environment....
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a DOE facility proposed for the disposal of transuranic mixed waste (combined hazardous and radioactive waste) in a geological repository 26 miles east of Carlsbad, New Mexico ...
- Technical Assistance is available in the areas of hydrogeology, groundwater contamination, conceptual models, computer modeling, and training.
- Other Hazardous Waste topics