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Title: New hazardous waste management system: regulation of wastes or wasted regulation

Abstract

The unsound management of hazardous wastes, as exemplified by Love Canal, causes a variety of environmental and health problems. A review of present state controls reveals the need for the Federal regulation that was incorporated in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA). A detailed description of RCRA, however, faults the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for deferring regulation and for its failure to meet deadlines, issue standards, or include many dangerous wastes in the prohibited list. EPA's interim standards of essentially voluntary guidelines will offer little protection from contamination until final permit regulations are established. 326 references. (DCK)

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
OSTI Identifier:
6590965
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Harvard Environ. Law Rev.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; REGULATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION REGULATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE RECOVERY ACTS; LAWS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; 290300* - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment, Health, & Safety

Citation Formats

Friedland, S I. New hazardous waste management system: regulation of wastes or wasted regulation. United States: N. p., 1981. Web.
Friedland, S I. New hazardous waste management system: regulation of wastes or wasted regulation. United States.
Friedland, S I. 1981. "New hazardous waste management system: regulation of wastes or wasted regulation". United States.
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abstractNote = {The unsound management of hazardous wastes, as exemplified by Love Canal, causes a variety of environmental and health problems. A review of present state controls reveals the need for the Federal regulation that was incorporated in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA). A detailed description of RCRA, however, faults the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for deferring regulation and for its failure to meet deadlines, issue standards, or include many dangerous wastes in the prohibited list. EPA's interim standards of essentially voluntary guidelines will offer little protection from contamination until final permit regulations are established. 326 references. (DCK)},
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year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981}
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