National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report: Documents and Data

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Data collected between 1991 and 1997 were originally a part of the defunct Biennial Reporting System and are now incorporated into the RCRAInfo data system

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Privatization of the Biennial Report Software
Information on the EPA's efforts to privatize the development of software required by State and Federal Agencies for biennial reporting to the EPA about the generation, management and final disposition of hazardous waste regulated by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

Addendums

These addendums have been posted as a result of corrections that have been made to the published National Biennial Reports. It is important to look at these addendums when looking at the National Reports to make sure that you are getting a full representation of the data. These addendums are posted on a quarterly basis by reporting cycle.

1st Quarter 2009 - Data has been modified for the following cycles:

2007 Addendum (PDF) (2 pp, 11K)
2005 Addendum (PDF) (5 pp, 19K)
2003 Addendum (PDF) (3 pp, 12K)
2001 Addendum (PDF) (5 pp, 18K)

2007

The National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report: 2007 Edition
2007 Hazardous Waste Report Instructions and Forms
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2007 Codes List
RCRAInfo File Specification Guide for 2007 Hazardous Waste Report Submissions (PDF) (86 pp, 384K)
Notice to EPA Stakeholders Regarding Plans to Implement the 2007 National Biennial Report (PDF) (2 pp, 18K)
2009 Contact List (10 pp, 37K)
Detailed Descriptions of 2007 Biennial Report Tables:

BGM Basic (PDF) (12 pp, 24K)
BGM Offsite Shipment (PDF) (1 pg, 9K)
BGM Onsite Treatment (PDF) (4 pp, 13K)
BGM Waste Code (3 pp, 12K)
BWR Basic (PDF) (10 pp, 21K)
BWR Waste Code (PDF) (4 pp, 13K)
Certification (PDF) (4 pp, 12K)
Handler (PDF) (25 pp, 40K)
NAICS (PDF) (4 pp, 12K)
Owner Operator (PDF) (7 pp, 16K)
State Activity (PDF) (3 pp, 11K)
Universal Waste (PDF) (3 pp, 13K)
Waste Code (PDF) (3 pp, 12K)

Biennial Report Data Files: 2007

2005

The National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report: 2005 Edition
2005 Hazardous Waste Report Instructions and Forms
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; 2005 Hazardous Waste (Biennial) Report - March 9, 2005
Flat File Specification for Biennial Report Data Files: 2005 (PDF) (26 pp, 108K)
Detailed Descriptions of 2005 Biennial Report Tables:

BGM Basic (PDF) (11 pp, 24K)
BGM Offsite Shipment (PDF) (4 pp, 15K)
BGM Onsite Treatment (PDF) (4 pp, 14K)
BGM Waste Code (3 pp, 14K)
BWR Basic (PDF) (9 pp, 22K)
BWR Waste Code (PDF) (3 pp, 14K)
Certification (PDF) (4 pp, 14K)
Handler (PDF) (25 pp, 42K)
NAICS (PDF) (3 pp, 13K)
Owner Operator (PDF) (6 pp, 17K)
State Activity (PDF) (3 pp, 13K)
Universal Waste (PDF) (3 pp, 13K)
Waste Code (PDF) (3 pp, 14K)

Biennial Report Data Files: 2005

2003

2001

The National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report: 2001 Edition
2001 Hazardous Waste Report Instructions and Forms
The 2001 Hazardous Waste Report (Biennial Report) Information Collection Request
RCRAInfo File Specification Guide for 2001 Hazardous Waste Report Submissions (PDF) (87 pp, 896K)
This document describes the file specifications for reporting data for the 2001 Hazardous Waste Report (also called the Biennial Report). The material in this guide covers submissions by states and regions to EPA Headquarters (HQ). The file specifications in this guide are not intended to be used to cover submissions by individual reporting sites. Also, this guide is only intended to specify the file and data formats for the submission and is not intended to cover any procedural or EPA programmatic issues.
Biennial Report Data Files: 2001

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1997

1995

1993

1991

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