Where is the Managing Hazardous Waste at Academic Laboratories Rule in Effect?

Like in most federal environmental legislation, the EPA encourages states to develop and run their own hazardous waste programs as an alternative to direct EPA management. The Academic Laboratories final rule went into effect immediately in states, territories, and tribes that are not RCRA-authorized, including Iowa and Alaska. State adoption of the 2008 Academic Laboratories final rule is strongly encouraged. However, it is optional because the rule is neither more nor less stringent than the pre-existing regulations under RCRA.

To help academic laboratories follow the regulations in their state, both a map and an alphabetical list of states and U.S. territories are given below. The map shows which states :

have become authorized for the Academic Laboratories Rule,
have adopted the rule,
have not been authorized or adopted the rule, and
in which states the EPA administers the rule.

The chart below the map lists the state or U.S. territory, a link to the state's regulations if applicable, and whether the state has adopted or been authorized for the rule.

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State or Territory	Link to State Regulations	Adopted the Rule	Authorized for the Rule
Federal Tribes (uses Federal Regulations)		Administered by appropriate EPA Region
Alabama	Alabama Regulations (PDF) Exit(1072 pp, 337 MB)	Yes	No
Alaska (uses Federal Regulations)		Administered by EPA Region 10
American Samoa (uses Federal Regulations)		Administered by EPA Region 9
Arizona	Arizona Regulations Exit	Yes	No
Arkansas	Arkansas Regulations (PDF) Exit(827 pp, 30 MB)	Yes	Yes
California		No	No
Colorado		No	No
Connecticut		No	No
Delaware		No	No
District of Columbia		No	No
Florida	Florida Regulations Exit (20 pp, 956 K)	Yes	Yes
Georgia	Georgia Regulations Exit	Yes	Yes
Guam		No	No
Hawaii		No	No
Idaho	Idaho Regulations (PDF) Exit(12 pp, 113 K)	Yes	Yes
Illinois	Illinois Regulations Exit	Yes	No
Indiana	Indiana Regulations (PDF) Exit(2 pp, 12 K)	Yes	Yes
Iowa (uses Federal Regulations)		Administered by EPA Region 7
Kansas		No	No
Kentucky		No	No
Louisiana		No	No
Maine		No	No
Maryland		No	No
Massachusetts		No	No
Michigan	Michigan Regulations Exit (258 pp, 605 K)	Yes	Yes
Minnesota		No	No
Mississippi	Mississippi Regulations Exit	Yes	No
Missouri		Yes	No
Montana	Montana Regulations Exit	Yes	No
Nebraska		No	No
Nevada		No	No
New Hampshire		No	No
New Jersey	New Jersey Regulations (see Title 7, Chapter 26G, Subchapter 6)	Yes	No
New Mexico		No	No
New York		No	No
North Carolina	North Carolina Regulations Exit	Yes	Yes
North Dakota	North Dakota Regulations Exit	Yes	No
Northern Mariana Islands (uses Federal Regulations)		Administered by EPA Region 9
Ohio	Ohio Regulations Exit	Yes	No
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Regulations (PDF) Exit(28 pp, 74 K)	Yes	Yes
Oregon		No	No
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania Regulations Exit	Yes	No
Puerto Rico (uses Federal Regulations and Puerto Rico Regulations)		No	No
Rhode Island		No	No
South Carolina	South Carolina Regulations Exit	Yes	No
South Dakota	South Dakota Regulations Exit	Yes	Yes
Tennessee		Yes	No
Texas	Texas Regulations Exit	Yes	Yes
U.S. Virgin Islands (uses Federal Regulations)		Administered by EPA Region 2
Utah	Utah Regulations Exit	Yes	No
Vermont	Vermont Regulations (PDF) Exit(27 pp, 88 K) see Section 7-109(b)(4) on page 1-24	Yes	Yes
Virginia	Virginia Regulations Exit	Yes	Yes
Washington	Washington Regulations Exit	Yes	No
West Virginia	West Virginia Regulations Exit	Yes	No
Wisconsin		No	No
Wyoming	Wyoming Regulations Exit	Yes	No

Notes About Table:

Adoptions and authorization status listed above are as of April 15, 2013.
The above links may not be the most current.
You may need to search within the state website.
Links to all state programs can be found on the State Regulatory Programs page.

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