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RCRA
National Information |
RCRA ( Resource Conservation and Recovery Act )
Note: for background on EPA's RCRA program, see the Region 8 Waste home page. Also see the RCRA Facts page for frequently asked questions about RCRA. Also: confused by all these RCRA terms and expressions? Then check out the handy RCRA Glossary page.Hot Topics:
- Raytheon Final Decision Announcement (PDF, 1 p, 38K)
- Raytheon Final Decision (PDF, 7 pp, 2 MB)
- Lifecycle Building Challenge 2
designing this building, and the next
www.lifecyclebuilding.orgParticipate in the Lifecycle Building Challenge 2 (LBC2)! LBC2 is an exciting national competition to develop strategies supporting building deconstruction and material reuse. Everyone is encouraged to enter including students and professionals interested in policy, recycling, design, architecture, engineering, education, and more. Submit ideas in two categories: buildings or innovations (components, policies, educational tools, or ideas) that will reduce waste and advance building material reuse. New in 2008! Challenge partners will present outstanding achievement awards for Best Greenhouse Gas Reduction entry, Best School entry, and Best Residential entry.
- The National
Waste Minimization Program is excited to announce Nucor Steel's Plymouth
Division as a new member of the National
Partnership for Environmental Priorities (NPEP). The Nucor Plymouth Division
is located in Plymouth, Utah and will monitor the removal of an additional
65 pounds of mercury switches.
The Hazardous Waste Minimization Program is continually accepting applications for the NPEP from RCRA Subtitle C generators that are seeking to voluntarily reduce waste generation, and would like to reap the benefits of the NPEP.
- The Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) Training Forum
comprises training coordinators who represent the following groups: EPA Headquarters,
EPA's Environmental Response Team (ERT), Superfund Regional Training Coordinators,
RCRA Regional Training Coordinators, the Interstate Technology Regulatory
Council (ITRC), and the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management
Officials (ASTSWMO).
For more information, please visit the OSWER Training Forum.
- The Hazardous Waste Minimization
Program provides advice and assistance to RCRA authorized state governments
in Region 8. The program places special emphasis on and supports national,
regional, and state goals to reduce the most persistent, bioaccumulative and
toxic chemicals in hazardous waste streams.
The Hazardous Waste Minimization Program also coordinates heavily with other EPA regions on the priorities of the Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC). The priorities of the RCC are: Municipal Solid Waste Recycling, Reusing and Recyling Industrial Materials, Priority and Toxic Chemical Reduction, and Green Initiatives - Electronics.
- EPA Region 8's CERCLA Off-Site Rule (OSR) program had an internal
geohydrologist conduct a review of the existing ground water data for the
impoundments at the Cotter uranium mill. The geohydrologist's report
of these ground water data concluded that current ground water data are insufficient
and inadequate to determine whether a release has occurred at the impoundments.
