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Hazardous Waste Generator Regulations: A User-Friendly Reference Document (PDF) (335 pp, 3MB)
This web-based document serves as a user-friendly reference to assist EPA and state staff, industrial facilities generating and managing hazardous wastes as well as the general public, in locating and understanding the current RCRA hazardous waste generator regulatory requirements.
Hazardous
Waste Generator Requirements
Table providing a summary of requirements for each class of hazardous
waste generator: Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators (CESQGs),
Small Quantity Generators (SQGs), and Large Quantity Generators (LQGs).
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Regulations Governing Hazardous Waste Generators (PDF) (10 pp, 207K) from the RCRA Orientation Manual
Provides introductory information on the hazardous
waste management programs for generators under the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA). It is designed for EPA and state personnel, members of the
regulated community, and the general public who wish to better understand
RCRA.
RCRA Training Module: Introduction to Generators (PDF) (23 pp, 181K)
Provides an overview of requirements for hazardous waste
generators; explains the three classes of generators, outlines
the different generation and accumulation limits, and provides specific
regulatory citations. Other topics include EPA identification (ID) numbers
and manifests; accumulation standards and regulations pertaining to accumulation
in tanks, containers, containment buildings, and on drip pads; and "satellite
accumulation."
Hazardous
Waste Manifest System
Details the forms, reports, and procedures designed to seamlessly
track hazardous waste from the time it leaves the generator facility where
it was produced, until it reaches the off-site waste management facility
that will store, treat, or dispose of the hazardous waste.
RCRA in Focus (RIF)
This series of publications provides an overview of the RCRA regulations affecting specific industry sectors. Presents the life cycle of a typical waste for each industry and focuses on recycling and pollution prevention options. Althought intended as a guide for small businesses, it includes requirements for all types of generators.
RCRA Online
Online database designed to enable users to locate documents,
including memos, letters, publications and other outreach materials, that cover a wide
range of RCRA issues and topics.
RCRA Self Assessment
Tools
Provides checklists and audit protocols to help generators
determine their compliance with RCRA.
Hazardous
Waste Data/Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Reports
EPA, in partnership with the States, biennially collects information regarding
the generation, management, and final disposition of hazardous wastes
regulated under RCRA. The purpose of the biennial reports is to communicate
the findings of EPA's waste reporting data collection efforts to the public,
government agencies, and the regulated community.
Universal
Waste
Web site presenting the universal waste rule which streamlines collection
requirements for certain hazardous wastes in the following categories:
batteries, pesticides, mercury-containing thermostats, and lamps.
Construction
and Demolition Materials
Presents information on Construction and Demolition (C&D)
materials generated during construction, demolition, and renovation projects.
Lab
Waste at Educational Institutions
Highlights EPA's efforts to facilitate improved reuse and recycling
of chemicals in educational institutions, and better waste management overall; describes programs at two institutions and includes links
to additional information.
Understanding
the Hazardous Waste Rules: Guidance for Hospital and Environmental Health
and Safety Professionals (PDF) (85 pp, 771K)
Explains RCRA's hazardous waste rules applicability
to hospitals.
Large Quantity Generators
Hazardous
Waste Requirements for Large Quantity Generators (PDF) (4 pp, 407K)
To assist your business in learning about the requirements for LQGs, EPA
prepared this summary fact sheet. Note that this summary does not include
all of the LQG requirements.
Common
Violations Among LQGs
Provides a list compiled from several EPA Regions that identifies
common violations during recent inspections.
RCRA and
EPCRA Training Manual: Introduction to Air Emissions (PDF) (19 pp, 56K)
Includes a description of why LQG waste accumulation units must
meet air emissions standards after 1994.
RCRA Organic
Air Emissions Standards for TSDFS and Generators (PDF) (8 pp, 334K)
Outlines the requirements of the RCRA organic air emission
standards contained in 40 CFR Parts 264/265, subpart CC. The organic air
emission standards for tanks, surface impoundments, and containers became
effective on December 6, 1996.
180-Day
Accumulation Time for Waste Water Treatment Sludges From the Metal Finishing
Industry
Encourages 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
wastewater treatment sludge.
Small Quantity Generators
Managing
Your Hazardous Waste: A Guide for Small Businesses
Helps small businesses determine whether they generate hazardous
waste and provides comprehensive information on how to comply with the
federal hazardous waste regulations for small quantity generators.
RCRA in Focus (RIF)
This series of publications provides an overview of the RCRA regulations affecting specific industry sectors. Intended as a guide for small businesses, RIF presents the life cycle of a typical waste for each industry and focuses on recycling and pollution prevention options.
Florida
Department of Environmental Protection - SQG Requirements
Provides an explanation of requirements for SQGs in Florida;
however, much of the information pertains to all 50 states.
Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency - Personnel Training for Small Quantity Generators (PDF) (3 pp, 100K)
Provides training guidance for facility personnel needing
to gain familiarity with the requirements for SQGs.
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators
Overview of Requirements for Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators (PDF) (1 pg, 41K) from Managing Hazardous Waste: A Guide for Small Businesses
Generation
and Management of CESQG Waste (PDF) (54 pp, 239K)
Summarizes existing data on the waste generation and management
practices of CESQGs to help EPA satisfy the RCRA Section 4010(c) mandate
for non-municipal facilities that may receive CESQG waste. The data included
in this report are summarized from seven national, state, and local studies
on CESQGs.
Background
Document for Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator Rule (PDF) (120 pp,
344K)
Includes supporting information and data used in the development
of the CESQG rule.
Conditionally
Exempt Small Quantity Generators Rule - Standards for Non-Municipal Solid
Waste Units that Receive CESQG Hazardous Waste
In 1996, EPA issued regulations that require any existing non-municipal,
non-hazardous waste disposal unit that receives CESQG waste to comply
with new technical standards, however, the rule continues to allow disposal
of CESQG hazardous waste in municipal solid waste landfills (MSWLFs) when
such landfills meet Part 258 criteria. Reuse or recycling facilities also
continue to be an acceptable option for managing CESQG hazardous waste.
Environment, Health
and Safety Online - Summary of Requirements for CESQGs
Summarizes requirements for CESQGs.
Laws and Regulations
Part
262 of the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR Part 262)
Provides the federal standards for generators of hazardous wastes.
Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System
RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative
Hazardous Waste Generator Standards Information Collection Requests