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Laws & Regulations
Hazardous Waste Identification Process Rules
Revision
of Wastewater Treatment Exemptions for Hazardous Waste Mixtures (Headworks
Rule)
This rule allows generators to directly measure solvent chemical levels
at the headworks of the wastewater treatment system to determine whether
the wastewater mixture is exempt from the definition of hazardous waste.
Definition
of Solid Waste; Response to Court Order Vacating Regulatory Provisions
This action deletes regulatory language that classified mineral processing
characteristic sludges and byproducts being reclaimed as solid wastes
under RCRA's hazardous waste management regulations, and codifies the
decision that the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) may
not be used for determining whether manufactured gas plant (MGP) waste
is hazardous under RCRA.
Hazardous
Waste Identification Rule (HWIR: Waste)
EPA proposed several significant changes to the hazardous waste identification
process in its HWIR: Waste proposed rule. Some of the proposals have been
finalized, while others remain under review.
Hazardous
Waste Identification Rule for Contaminated Media (HWIR: Media)
EPA issued a final rule governing the management of hazardous waste-contaminated
media from site remediations that are treated, stored, or disposed during
cleanup actions. This final rule withdraws many of EPA's proposed options
for excluding contaminated media and other remediation wastes from Subtitle
C.
Organobromine
Production Wastes
EPA added two new hazardous waste codes to the lists of hazardous waste
found in 40 CFR Part 261. The first, designated by the hazardous waste
code K140, is floor sweepings, off-specification product, and spent filter
media from the production of 2,4,6-tribromophenol. The second, designated
by the hazardous waste code U408, is 2,4,6- tribromophenol. This waste
also was added to the list of hazardous constituents in Appendix VIII
of 40 CFR Part 261.
The Off-Site Rule
The Off-Site Rule (OSR) establishes the criteria and procedures for determining whether facilities are acceptable for the receipt of CERCLA wastes from response actions authorized or funded under CERCLA. The OSR establishes compliance criteria and release criteria, and establishes a process for determining whether facilities are acceptable based on those criteria.
