Range of options shrinks for disposing RCRA wastes; Enforcement tightens

Journal Article · Fri Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Hazmat World; (United States)

OSTI ID:5473424

Bishop, J

This paper reports on the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and its 1984 (HSWA) amendments impose cradle-to-grave responsibility on generators for proper management, treatment and disposal of hazardous wastes. Identification of specific wastes as hazardous and their appropriate treatment or disposal are responsibilities assigned to generators; however, ignorance or misinterpretation of RCRA's complex requirements are not adequate legal defenses if infractions occur. The third-third land bans-became effective May 8, with a final compliance date of Aug. 8. First-third land bans, involving mostly solvent wastes and dioxins, became effective in August 1988. The second-third, or California list, land bans became effective in June 1989. The third-stage bans, which cover the largest number of wastes, require treatment of 350 hazardous wastes from a variety of industries, such as pharmaceutical manufacturing, organic chemical processing and paper production.

• OSTI ID: 5473424
• Journal Information: Hazmat World; (United States), Journal Name: Hazmat World; (United States) Vol. 3; ISSN HMWOE; ISSN 0898-5685
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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