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Waste Management
Waste Management involves a variety of statutory, policy, administrative, and technical factors. Many of the waste requirements applicable at Superfund sites were derived under the RCRA authority. The guidance below includes a wide range of topics including investigation-derived waste management and non-contiguous site waste management as well as the Off-Site Rule.
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Assistance in answering questions concerning Potential Responsible Parties (PRPs) and remediation enforcement is available through the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) Office of Site Remediation Enforcement (OSRE).
"Management of Remediation Waste Under RCRA" (October 1998)
Consolidates existing guidance on the RCRA regulations
and policies that most often affect remediation waste management. [14
pp]
EPA 530-F-98-026, OSWER Memorandum
PDF Searchable (92 K)
PDF Searchable (33 K)
"Interim RCRA/CERCLA Guidance on Non-Contiguous Sites and On-Site
Management of Waste and Treatment Residue" (March 1986)
Presents interim guidance with respect to combined treatment
of CERCLA waste from non-contiguous locations, on-site disposal of treatment
residue, limitations on construction of hazardous waste incinerators for
on-site CERCLA use, and off-site treatment of waste and redisposal on
site. [9 pp]
OSWER 9347.01, NTIS: PB90-274317INZ
PDF Searchable (433 K)
"Contractor Signing of Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifests for Materials
Leaving a Superfund Site" (February 1989)
Clarifies the issue of whether or not a remedial action
contractor may sign the uniform hazardous waste manifests without changing
their generator status. [3 pp]
EPA Memorandum
PDF Searchable (20 K)
"Contractor Signing of Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifests for Materials
Leaving a Superfund Site" (July 1989)
Follow-up to the February memorandum pertaining to
the signing of hazardous waste manifests. Requires that contracts be
amended to allow for contractor signature of manifests and land ban records.
[2 pp]
EPA Memorandum
PDF Searchable (11 K)
§ 300.440 "Procedures for planning and
implementing off-site response actions." 1 (September 1993)
Acts to regulate any remedial or removal
action involving the off-site transfer of any CERCLA waste that is conducted
by EPA, PRPs, or other federal agency. This newer rule supersedes and
replaces any previous rule or policy regarding off-site transport of waste.
[5 pp]
Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR 300.440)
PDF Searchable (70 K)
"Guide to Discharging CERCLA Aqueous Wastes to Publicly Owned Treatment
Works (POTWs)" (March 1991)
Provides a quick reference to the statutory, policy, administrative,
and technical factors involved in discharging aqueous wastes generated
during Superfund response actions to a POTW. It also provides references
for more extensive guidance on this topic. [5 pp]
OSWER 9330.2-13FS, NTIS: PB91-921364
PDF Searchable (77 K)
"Guide to Management of Investigation-Derived Wastes" (April 1992)
Presents an overview of possible investigation-derived
waste management options, discusses the protectiveness requirements and
ARARs associated with these options, and outlines general objectives established
for IDW management under Superfund. [8 pp]
OSWER 9345.3-03FS, NTIS: PB92-963353INX
PDF Searchable (53 K)
Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements
(ARARs)
Additional guidance
related to waste management. Includes a section on Land
Disposal Restrictions (LDRs).
Superseded Documents
1 This rule supersedes both:
"Procedures for Implementing Off-Site Response Actions" (November 1987) OSWER Directive 9834.11
AND
"The Off-Site Policy"
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