Category: Hazardous Waste Operations

Ask the Expert: EPA ID Numbers at Different Locations

In our latest installment of Ask the Expert, brought to you by the team of industry experts at EHS Hero®, we look at a recent question from a subscriber asking about using EPA ID numbers at different lease locations. See what the experts had to say. Q: We have a U.S. EPA ID number assigned to […]

Ask the Expert: Bank Waste Disposal

In our latest installment of Ask the Expert, brought to you by the team of industry experts at EHS Hero®, we look at a recent question from a subscriber asking about the waste disposal requirements for banks. See what the experts had to say. Q: We have multiple bank branches in many states and the facility […]

Ask the Expert: TCLP Tests on Solar Panels

In our latest installment of Ask the Expert, brought to you by the team of industry experts at EHS Hero®, we look at a recent question from a subscriber asking about performing a Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) test on a broken solar panel. See what the experts had to say.  Q: Is there any guidance […]

Superfund site

EPA Superfunding Announced

On December 20, 2021, the EPA announced it will utilize $1 billion from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to begin clearing the backlog of 49 Superfund sites and continue cleanup of other Superfund sites across the United States. Superfund Defined In 1980, Congress established the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), more commonly known […]

Hazmat cleanup, HAZWOPER

A HAZWOPER Medical Test Question Answered

Q: What pre-medical test should be done for DOT shippers, warehouse people, field inspectors, archaeologists, oil spill clean up crew (i.e. those with a chance of encountering and/or cleaning up hazardous waste)?

The E-Manifest System and How It Affects You

After more than 6 years of developing new electronic manifest (e-manifest) regulations and the technology to make electronic submission possible, the EPA is set to launch the national e-manifest system on June 30th. The Final Rule, issued on January 3, 2018, is one of the last steps in the implementation of the e-manifest system.  It […]

EPA’s Revised Pesticide Rule Follows State Lead

One motivation behind EPA’s comprehensive revisions of its certification requirements for applicators of restricted use pesticides (RUP) is the need for the federal regulations to catch up with authorized state programs. Issued under authority of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) in 1974, the original RUP applicator certification requirements (40 CFR part 171) […]