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Hazardous Waste Generator Regulations Compendium

The Hazardous Waste Generator Regulations Compendium serves as a user-friendly reference to assist EPA and state staff, industrial facilities generating and managing solid and hazardous wastes, as well as the general public, in locating resources addressing specific regulatory issues within the federal hazardous waste generator program. The Compendium is divided into volumes by topic.

  • Volume 1: Satellite Accumulation Areas (pdf) (277.56 KB, March 2021)
  • Volume 2: Generators – EPA Identification Numbers (pdf) (279.04 KB, March 2021)
  • Volume 3: Co-Generation (pdf) (245.04 KB, March 2021)
  • Volume 4: Household Hazardous Waste (pdf) (276.37 KB, March 2021)
  • Volume 5: Personnel Training at Small and Large Quantity Generators (pdf) (249.04 KB, March 2021)
  • Volume 6: Generator Treatment in Tanks and Containers (pdf) (294.57 KB)  (March 2021)
  • Volume 7: Very Small Quantity Generator (VSQG) Requirements (pdf) (334.67 KB)  (September 2021)
  • Volume 8: Recordkeeping and Reporting Applicable to Small and Large Quantity Generators (pdf) (409.07 KB)  (September 2021)
  • Volume 9: Closure – Large Quantity Generators (LQGs) (pdf) (302.37 KB)  (September 2021)
  • Volume 10: Universal Waste (pdf) (423.86 KB)  (September 2021)
  • Volume 11: Empty Containers (pdf) (311.4 KB)  (September 2021)
  • Volume 12: Waste Determination and Point of Generation (pdf) (373.66 KB)  (January 2022)
  • Volume 13: Preparedness, Prevention, & Emergency Procedures and Personnel Training (pdf) (302.5 KB)  (May 2022)
  • Volume 14: Hazardous Waste Generators and the Mixture Rule (pdf) (358.48 KB)  (January 2022)
  • Volume 15: Spills and Releases of Hazardous Waste (pdf) (290.55 KB)  (January 2022)
  • Volume 16: Counting Hazardous Waste and Generator Categories (pdf) (344.22 KB)  (January 2022)

Hazardous Waste Generator Regulations A User-Friendly Reference Document (pdf) (1.86 MB, August 2012)

This 2012 document was not updated to reflect the changes from the 2016 Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule because the generator regulations were extensively reorganized in that action. However, it still may be helpful to some users.

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Last updated on October 2, 2024
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