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A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W


  • 8700-12, Form
  • 8700-13, Form
  • 8700-23, Form

A

  • Academic laboratory wastes
  • Accumulation time limits for generators
  • Accumulation requirements for generators
  • Acknowledgement of consent
  • Aerosol cans
  • Airbag Interim Final Rule
  • Airbag Inflators and Modules Memo
  • Air emissions

B

  • Backlog of Containerized Hazardous Waste Needing Incineration
  • Basel Convention
  • Batteries
  • Bevill wastes
  • Bentsen wastes
  • Biennial reporting
  • Bilateral agreements
  • Boilers
  • Burning for energy recovery

C

  • Capacity assurance
  • Categories of generators
  • Cathode ray tubes (CRTs)
  • Cement kiln dust
  • Certificate of recovery -- exports
  • Certificate of recovery -- imports
  • Characteristic wastes
  • Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons production
  • Cleanup
  • Closure requirements for generators
  • Closure requirements for permitting
  • Coal ash
  • Coal combustion residuals
  • Coking (processing of coal to produce coke)
  • Combustion
  • Commercial chemical products
  • Compliance
  • Confirmation of receipt -- exports
  • Confirmation of receipt -- imports
  • Consolidation at a large quantity generator
  • Construction, demolition and renovation
  • Contained-in policy (PDF)(12 pp, 51.3 K, About PDF)
  • Containers
  • Containment buildings
  • Contingency plans for generators
  • Corporate guarantee
  • Corrective action
  • Corrosive wastes
  • Corrosivity characteristic
  • Counting
  • Cradle-to-grave management process
  • Crude oil

D

  • Data about Enforcement and Compliance (ECHO)
  • Data analysis and visualizations
  • Data from the Biennial Report
  • Data from Envirofacts
  • Definition of solid waste
  • Delistings
  • Dilution prohibition
  • Dioxin-bearing wastes
  • Disaster debris
  • Disposal
  • Disposal prohibition
  • Drip pads
  • Drum reconditioning  
  • Dry cleaning

E

  • Educational and vocational shops
  • Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes, e-cigs, vapes) 
  • Electronic manifest (e-manifest)
  • Electroplating and other metal finishing wastes
  • Eligible academic entities
  • Emergency procedures for generators
  • Emerging Chemicals/PFAS - Proposal to Clarify Authority to Address Releases of Hazardous Waste at Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities
  • Explosive hazardous wastes
  • Enforcement
  • EPA forms
  • EPA identification number
    • Emergency Site IDs

  • EPA Waste Management Updates previous newsletters
  • Episodic generation
  • Equipment repair
  • Exception reporting for generators
  • Exclusions for recycling of materials 
  • Exclusions from hazardous waste regulation
  • Exclusions from solid waste regulation 
  • Explosives manufacturing
  • Exports

F

  • F list
  • Financial assurance
  • Financial test
  • Fly ash
  • Frequent questions about:

    • Airbags
    • Cathode ray tubes (CRTs) and CRT glass
    • Definition of solid waste
    • Electronic manifest
    • Exclusions and exemptions
    • For hazardous waste generators
    • Hazardous waste generation
    • Hazardous waste identification
    • Hazardous waste recycling
    • Household medication disposal 
    • Imports and exports
    • Land disposal restrictions
    • Landfills
    • Lithium-ion batteries
    • Permitting
    • Test methods
    • Transporters
    • Treatment, storage and disposal facilities
    • Universal waste
    • Used oil
  • Furniture manufacturing and refinishing

G

  • Generator
  • Ground water monitoring

H

  • Hand sanitizer
  • Hazardous waste data
  • Hazardous waste identification
  • Homeland security waste
  • Household batteries
  • Household hazardous waste

I

  • Identification of hazardous waste
  • Identification number (EPA ID number)
  • Ignitable wastes
  • Ignitability characteristic
  • Imports
  • Incineration
  • Incinerators
  • Industrial furnace
  • Inherently waste-like
  • Injection wells
  • Ink formulation wastes
  • Inorganic chemicals manufacturing wastes
  • Inorganic pigment manufacturing wastes
  • Insurance
  • International initiatives on wastes
  • Iron and steel production wastes

K

  • K list

L

  • Lab packs
  • Laboratories
  • Lamps
  • Land disposal restrictions
  • Land treatment units
  • Landfills
  • Large quantity generator (LQG)
  • Large quantity handler of universal waste
  • Leather manufacturing
  • Legislation
  • Letter of credit
  • Liability
  • Listings
  • Listed wastes
  • Lithium-ion batteries

M

  • Manage
  • Manifest
  • Medical waste
  • Mercury containing wastes
  • Mining waste
  • Miscellaneous units
  • Mixed radiological waste
  • Motor freight and railroad transportation
  • Multisource leachate

N​

  • No-migration variance 
  • Non-hazardous secondary materials
  • Notice of intent -- exports
  • Notice of intent -- imports
  • Notification

O

  • Oil filters
  • On-site accumulation quantities
  • Open burning and open detonation
  • Organic chemicals manufacturing wastes
  • Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  • OECD council decision

P

  • P list
  • Part A of the permit application
  • Payment bond
  • PCBs
  • Performance bond
  • Permit Modifications Report
  • Permits and permitting
  • Personnel training requirements for generators
  • Pesticide end users and application services
  • Pesticides manufacturing wastes
  • Pesticides
  • Petitions
  • Petroleum refining wastes
  • PFAS - Proposal to List Nine Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds as RCRA Hazardous Constituents
  • PFAS/Emerging Chemicals - Proposal to Clarify Authority to Address Releases of Hazardous Waste at Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities
  • Pharmaceutical hazardous wastes
  • Photo processing
  • "Put Piles"
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls
  • Post-closure
  • Post-closure care guidance
  • Pre-transport requirements for generators
  • Precious metals reclamation
  • Preparedness and prevention requirements for generators
  • Previous EPA Waste Management Updates newsletters
  • Primary aluminum production wastes
  • Printing
  • Proposal to add aerosol cans as universal waste
  • Public participation and permitting

Q

  • Quantity limits for on-site accumulation for generators
  • Quick reference guide

R

  • Radioactive mixed waste
  • RCRA redevelopment economics
  • RCRA reuse and redevelopment
  • Reactive wastes
  • Reactivity characteristic
  • Rebuttable presumption
  • Recordkeeping for generators
  • Recycling hazardous waste
  • Regulations
  • Regulations.gov
  • Remediation waste management
  • Re-notification (generator)
  • Reporting
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
  • RCRA in focus
  • RCRAInfo log in for regulators
  • RCRAInfo search in Envirofacts
  • RCRA Orientation Manual
  • RCRA training modules
  • Retail sector initiative
  • RCRAInfo log in
  • RCRAInfo Web
  • RCRAOnline

S

  • Satellite accumulation areas (SAAs)
  • Secondary lead processing
  • Scrap metal
  • Sham recycling
  • Small quantity generator (SQG)
  • Small quantity handler of universal waste
  • Solar panels: end-of-life regulations and management
  • Solar panel recycling
  • Sole active ingredient
  • Solid waste
  • Solvents
  • Solvent-contaminated wipes
  • Special wastes
  • Spent Lead-Acid Batteries (SLABs)
  • Spent solvent wastes
  • State authorization
  • State programs
  • Steel and iron production wastes
  • Storage
  • Storage prohibition
  • Subpart X
  • Subtitle C
  • Subtitle D
  • Surety bond
  • Surface impoundments
  • SW-846

T

  • Tanks
  • Technical grade
  • Test methods
  • Textile manufacturing
  • Toxic wastes
  • Toxicity characteristic
  • Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure
  • Transfer facility
  • Transporters
  • Treatment
  • Treatment, storage and disposal facilities
  • Treatment standards
  • Trust fund

U

  • U list
  • Underground injection control wells
  • Underground storage tanks
  • Underlying hazardous constituents
  • Uniform hazardous waste manifest
  • Universal treatment standards
  • Universal waste
  • Use constituting disposal
  • Used Drum Management and Reconditioning 
  • Used oil

V

  • Vapes 
  • Variances
  • Vehicle maintenance
  • Very small quantity generator (VSQG)
  • Veterinary pharmaceuticals manufacturing

W

  • Waste analysis plan
  • Waste minimization
  • Waste piles
  • Wood preserving wastes

Hazardous Waste

  • Learn the Basics of Hazardous Waste
  • Hazardous Waste Management
    • Generation
    • Identification
    • Definition of Solid Waste
    • Exclusions
    • Characterization
    • Delistings
    • Transportation
    • Permitting
    • Land Disposal Restrictions
      • Treatment Standards
      • Historical Information
      • Frequent Questions About Land Disposal Restrictions
    • Requirements for Importers
    • Requirements for Exporters
    • Recycling
    • Cleanups
      • Baselines for Cleanup Facilities
      • Frequent Questions
      • Guidance for Cleaning Up Groundwater, Soil and Air
      • Guidance for Remediation Waste Management
      • Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program 2020 Goals Closeout
      • Initial Site Assessments
      • Key Rulemakings and Regulations
      • Learn About Hazardous Waste Cleanups
      • Map of Cleanup Progress
      • Measuring Progress
      • Redevelopment Economics
      • Remedy Implementation
      • Sortable, Searchable Table of Resources
      • Technical Hazardous Waste Cleanup Training
      • Toolbox for Facilities Investigation Remedy Selection Track
      • Vision/ Mission/ Goals for 2030
  • Regulations for Certain Wastes
  • EPA Hazardous Waste Initiatives
  • SW-846 Test Methods
  • State Authorization
  • A to Z Directory of Topics
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Last updated on February 10, 2025
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