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Hazardous Waste Generators
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Hazardous Waste Generator Regulations: A User-Friendly Reference Document (PDF) (411 pp, 2.8MB)
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A hazardous waste generator is any person or site whose processes and actions create hazardous waste (see 40 CFR 260.10). Generators are divided into three categories based upon the quantity of waste they produce:
- Large Quantity Generators (LQGs) generate 1,000 kilograms per month or more of hazardous waste, more than 1 kilogram per month of acutely hazardous waste, or more than 100 kilograms per month of acute spill residue or soil.
- Small Quantity Generators (SQGs) generate more than 100 kilograms, but less than 1,000 kilograms, of hazardous waste per month.
- Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators (CESQGs) generate 100 kilograms or less per month of hazardous waste, or 1 kilogram or less per month of acutely hazardous waste, or less than 100 kilograms per month of acute spill residue or soil.
Each class of generator must comply with its own set of requirements. All generators are also required to:
- Obtain an EPA Identification number (available from State environmental offices).
- Comply with the manifest system.
- Handle wastes properly before shipment (packaging, labeling, marking, placarding, accumulation time, etc.).
- Comply with record keeping and reporting requirements.
- Comply with any additional State requirements for generators (contact your State environmental office for more information).
Laws, Regulations, and Information on the Regulatory Development Process
Academic Laboratories Rulemaking
This final rule applies to laboratories at eligible academic entities that are LQGs, SQGs, and CESQGs.
Federal Register
Environmental Documents -- Wastes
This Web site allows users to search and review all Federal Register notices
and documents pertaining to wastes back to 1994.
Hazardous
Waste Manifest System
This Web site 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.
Hazardous Waste Generator Standards — Information Collection Requests
RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative
For more information, see 40 CFR 262 or review a list of generator guidance documents and resources.
