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Hazardous Waste Policy Compendium
Below you will find copies of EPA Region I RCRA regulatory interpretation made in response to questions from the New England states and the public concerning different hazardous waste issues. The compendium will be updated periodically to reflect new information. If you should have any questions regarding the Hazardous Waste Policy Compendium, you may contact Lynda Boriskin (Boriskin.Lynda@epa.gov):
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2008 Compendium Letters
2007 Compendium Letters
- RCRA Subpart AA/BB/CC (PDF) (5 pp, 282K)
- Paperless Inspection E-signatures on Profile (PDF) (5 pp, 244K)
- Hazardous Waste in Product & Raw Material Storage Tanks (PDF) (4 pp, 257K)
- New England Marinas and Boatyards Environmental Regulations (PDF) (4 pp, 243K)
2006 Compendium Letters
- Methanol-preserved Soil Samples and Exclusion from Hazardous Waste (PDF) (4 pp, 200K)
- Fuel to Fuel Exemption (PDF) (6 pp, 281K)
- Treatment of Hazardous Waste Without a Permit (PDF) (6 pp, 306K)
- Hazardous Waste Information (PDF) (3 pp, 105K)
2005 Compendium Letters
- EPA Region 1 Regulatory Interpretation (PDF) (4 pp, 237K)
- September 8 2005 EPA Region 1 Regulatory Interpretation (PDF) (3 pp, 181K)
- Zaclon's Compliance with Ohio's Hazardous Waste Laws and Regulations (PDF) (22 pp, 1.2MB)
- Recycled Zinc Chloride Solution (PDF) (46 pp, 1.2MB)
- Disposal of Footwear as Hazardous Waste (PDF) (2 pp, 81K)
2004 Compendium Letters
- RCRA Wastewater Treatment Unit Exemption (PDF) (5 pp, 294K)
2003 Compendium Letters
- Waste Machine Coolant Question (PDF) (3 pp, 113K)
- Waste Aerosol Cans (PDF) (1 pg, 34K)
- Oclansorb (PDF) (2 pp, 79K)
2002 Compendium Letters
- Beryllium Waste (PDF) (1 pg, 63K)
- Rail Car Operations in RI (PDF) (5 pp, 204K)
- Mercury from the HoltraChem Manufacturing Co. (PDF) (5 pp, 305K)
- Silica Gel Solvents (E-mail Response) (PDF) (3 pp, 155K)
- Land Disposal Restriction Regulations (PDF) (6 pp, 344K)
2001 Compendium Letters
- HW Exemption University Dormitories (PDF) (2 pp, 104K)
- Closure Cert. Review (PDF) (1 pg, 52K)
- Household Hazardous Waste (PDF) (2 pp, 75K)
- Land Disposal Restriction Regulations (PDF) (28 pp, 1.2MB)
- Cyclone Dust Collector (PDF) (2 pp, 134K)
- Central Artery/Tunnel (CA/T) Project (PDF) (10 pp, 437K)
- Solid Waste Disposal Regulations (PDF) (4 pp, 117K)
- Spent Foundry Sand (PDF) (8 pp, 403K)
- Dust Collection Devices (PDF) (8 pp, 307K)
2000 Compendium Letters
- Hoyt Hydrocarbon Dry Cleaning Machine (PDF) (6 pp, 480K)
- Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, Cromwell, CT (PDF) (8 pp, 497K)
- Regulatory Interpretation on Expended or Unexploded Munitions (PDF) (3 pp, 141K)
- Pioneer Plastics Response to Questions (PDF) (3 pp, 165K)
- Hazardous Waste Status of Flameless Ration Heaters (PDF) (2 pp, 68K)
- Generator Requirements: Management of Unknown Waste; Point of Generation; and Logbooks (PDF) (6 pp, 318K)
- Plastic Media Blasting Recycling Program (PDF) (1 pg, 53K)
- Regulations Applicable to Hazardous Waste Generators on College University Campuses (PDF) (2 pp, 100K)
- Interpretation on Area of Contamination Policy TCLP Lead and PCB Soil (PDF) (4 pp, 194K)
- HW Regulation Interpretive Advice (PDF) (6 pp, 306K)
- Second Request for Concurrence of MADEP Exemption (PDF) (3 pp, 109K)
- RCRA Corrective Action Jurisdiction Nova Chemicals Inc (PDF) (2 pp, 86K)
1999 Compendium Letters
- Battery Recycling Program (PDF) (4 pp, 152K)
- Used Oil Filters (PDF) (5 pp, 229K)
- Status of F006 Waste Stream (PDF) (3 pp, 123K)
- Oxford Tire Supply vs Commissioner (PDF) (2 pp, 104K)
- Harzardous Waste at Metal Plating Facilities (PDF) (7 pp, 360K)
- MADEP EPA ERP Meeting Follow Up (PDF) (39 pp, 1.9MB)
1998 Compendium Letters
- Classification of Unused Integrated Circuits (PDF) (2 pp, 93K)
- Petition to Classify a Solid Waste as a Non-hazardous Waste (PDF) (2 pp, 81K)
- Hazardous Waste at Metal Plating Facilities (PDF) (5 pp, 245K)
- Windsor School Site - Windsor, Vermont (PDF) (2 pp, 79K)
- Satellite Accumulation (PDF) (5 pp, 228K)
- Metal Finishing Operations (PDF) (5 pp, 308K)
- Oxford Tire Supply vs Commissioner of Revenue Services (PDF) (2 pp, 105K)
- Regulatory Status of Newport, NH Ash Landfill Leachate (PDF) (3 pp, 149K)
- South Bay Incinerator Ash Removal (PDF) (4 pp, 219K)
1997 Compendium Letters
- Central Artery Tunnel (CA/T) Project (PDF) (9 pp, 426K)
- Solid Waste Variance (PDF) (4 pp, 173K)
- Distillate Treatment Tank and Fume Incinerator (PDF) (3 pp, 155K)
- Fluorescent Lamp Storage (PDF) (3 pp, 127K)
- Mixed Waste (PDF) (5 pp, 250K)
- Waste Determination Windsor School Site, Windsor, Vermont (PDF) (4 pp, 252K)
- Regulation of Mercury Bearing Lamps (PDF) (5 pp, 260K)
- Corporate Restructuring (PDF) (2 pp, 115K)
- Management of Spent Fluorescent Bulbs (PDF) (9 pp, 524K)
- Manhole Sediment Stabilization Process (PDF) (4 pp, 250K)
- Cellini Purification Systems (PDF) (10 pp, 424K)
1996 Compendium Letters
- Textiles Containing Hazardous Constituents (PDF) (6 pp, 243K)
- Global Recycling Technologies (PDF) (2 pp, 90K)
- Clean Harbors of Natick, Inc. (PDF) (2 pp, 119K)
- Aerosol Containers (PDF) (2 pp, 90K)
- Clean Harbors of Connecticut (PDF) (2 pp, 109K)
- Class 2 Permit Modification (PDF) (2 pp, 109K)
- Mercury Containing Lamps (PDF) (2 pp, 105K)
- MWC Ash Miane Energy Recovery Company (PDF) (2 pp, 66K)
- Mercury Containing Lamp Recycling Operations (PDF) (2 pp, 102K)
- Subtitle D Regulated Facilities (PDF) (2 pp, 73K)
- Purge Monomer (PDF) (2 pp, 82K)
1995 Compendium Letters
- Land Disposal Restriction (PDF) (2 pp, 72K)
- LDR Notification (PDF) (1 pg, 50K)
- Metals precipitated from the Groundwater (PDF) (2 pp, 66K)
- Blastox - Sandblast Abrasives (PDF) (2 pp, 81K)
- Metal Hydroxide Sludge (PDF) (2 pp, 69K)
- Blastox (PDF) (2 pp, 76K)
- Pfizer for release of Treated Tank Vault Soils (PDF) (6 pp, 310K)
- Letter May 9 Blastox as an Additive (PDF) (3 pp, 153 KB)
- Blastox Army Study (PDF) (1 pg, 56K)
- Hazardous Waste Full Regulation (PDF) (1 pg, 51K)
- Household Hazardous Waste Lead Contaminated Soils (PDF) (2 pp, 69K)
- Waterworks International, Inc. (PDF) (5 pp, 253K)
- New Balance testing Footwear (PDF) (2 pp, 80K)
- Permit Renewal of a MA Laidlaw Facility (PDF) (2 pp, 76K)
- LDR on IBM (PDF) (1 pg, 51K)
- Treatment of Lead Contaminated Soil (PDF) (2 pp, 60K)
1994 Compendium Letters
- Mercury Recovered and Recycled (PDF) (3 pp, 110K)
- Licensed Hazardous Waste Transporter (PDF) (8 pp, 262K)
- Ethidium Bromide EtB (PDF) (16 pp, 608K)
- Incinerator Ash (PDF) (11 pp, 453K)
- Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator (PDF) (14 pp, 498K)
- Pfizers Proposed Modifications to their Wastewater Treatment System (PDF) (5 pp, 221K)
- Circuit Boards for Metal content (PDF) (3 pp, 135K)
- Administrative Procedures for LUA (PDF) (4 pp, 200K)
- Halliburton NUS Corporation Letter Dated March 28 1994 (PDF) (6 pp, 226K)
- Regulations Promulgated Pursuant to the RCRA (PDF) (2 pp, 75K)
- Fluorescent Lamp Disposal Regulations (PDF) (4 pp, 104K)
- Silica Sand (PDF) (4 pp, 242K)
- Sampling Protocol for Construction and Demolition Debris (PDF) (1 pg, 47K)
- Lead Contaminated Soils (PDF) (1 pg, 54K)
- Reycling Hazardous Wastewater Generated by Mass Facility (PDF) (7 pp, 465K)
1993 Compendium Letters
- Class A Recyclable Materials (PDF) (4 pp, 175K)
- Permitting Requirements for Portable Test Kits (PDF) (5 pp, 190K)
- BIW Paint Use or Reuse Issue (PDF) (4 pp, 145K)
- Lead Contaminated Debris (PDF) (2 pp, 68K)
- Battery Disposal (PDF) (2 pp, 93K)
- Discharge of Hazardous Waste (PDF) (2 pp, 74K)
- Treatment Standards (PDF) (4 pp, 172K)
- Excavate Contaminated Soils (PDF) (3 pp, 192K)
- Tank Cleaning Facilities and RCRA Standards (PDF) (1 pg, 65K)
- Activities of Clean Casco Bay Inc. (PDF) (2 pp, 98K)
- Baghouse Dust from a Canadian Facility (PDF) (2 pp, 71K)
- Fluorescent Light Bulbs (PDF) (2 pp, 69K)
- Electronic Processing Associates (PDF) (2 pp, 71K)
- Regulatory Status of Soiled Textiles (PDF) (2 pp, 78K)
- Lead Paint (PDF) (2 pp, 93K)
- Mercury Containing Fluorescent Lamps (PDF) (4 pp, 202K)
- Mixed Radioactive Wastes and Debris (PDF) (2 pp, 80K)
- Release of contaminated Soils from RCRA Subtitle C (PDF) (2 pp, 88K)
- WR Grace's Rubber Toluene Slurry Waste (PDF) (1 pg, 58K)
- RCRA Permitting and Land Disposal Restriction (PDF) (5 pp, 238K)
1992 Compendium Letters
- Low Levels of Dioxin (PDF) (3 pp, 166K)
- Proposal to Re-deposit Excavated Soil (PDF) (9 pp, 484K)
- Treat Metal Contaminated Rinsewaters from Electroplating Operations (PDF) (3 pp, 172K)
- Regulatory Status of Printed Circuit Boards (PDF) (20 pp, 1.72MB)
- Fluorescent Light Bulb Recycling (PDF) (3 pp, 140K)
- Interpretation of the Code of Federal Regulations (PDF) (5 pp, 272K)
- Fluorescent Light Bulb Recycling, T.Powers (PDF) (3 pp, 150K)
- Mercury-bearing Lamp Recycling (PDF) (3 pp, 155K)
- Solvent Contaiminated Wipers (PDF) (2 pp, 84K)
- Recycling of Fluorescent Bulbs to Recover Mercury (PDF) (5 pp, 277K)
- Specific Recyclable Wastes (PDF) (3 pp, 182K)
- Used Oil Filter Enquirer (PDF) (5 pp, 254K)
- Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) to Lead Contaminated Debris (PDF) (3 pp, 177K)
- Consent Decree Regarding Olin Corporation (PDF) (2 pp, 72K)
1991 Compendium Letters
- Generator Tank Requirements (PDF) (2 pp, 94K)
- Lead Bullets (PDF) (3 pp, 70K)
- HW Absorbent (PDF) (4 pp,115K)
- Clasification of Soils (PDF) (3 pp, 136K)
- Automotive Service Industry (ASI) (PDF) (3 pp, 192K)
- Fluorescent Bulbs (PDF) (1 pg, 57K)
- Empty Container (PDF) (3 pp,162K)
1990 Compendium Letters
- HW Classification of Pentachlorophenol Wastes (PDF) (3 pp, 104K)
- Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) and Hazardous Waste Classification (PDF) (3 pp, 167K)
- LDR Written Clarification (PDF) (3 pp, 126K)
1988 Compendium Letters
- RCRA Facility Owner Operator Willingness (PDF) (10 pp, 875K)
1985 Compendium Letters
- Regulatory Status (PDF) (1 pg, 52K)