Tag: Waste

What About Used Oil Manifests?

By Clare Condon Dec 20, 2012 Hazardous and Solid Waste

Updated: Aug 22, 2017

We pick up used oil in the following states from a variety of generators in a number of states. What are our requirements for providing a manifest to the customers in those states that we pick up the used oil from? Under the federal rules, a hazardous waste manifest does not need to accompany each […]

Satellite Accumulation

By Clare Condon Dec 4, 2012 Hazardous Waste Management

Updated: Aug 22, 2017

Of course, certain RCRA storage or “accumulation” rules must be met in order to avoid the need for a hazardous waste storage permit. Satellite accumulation is intended by EPA for industries that generate small amounts of hazardous waste in numerous locations at a facility. It allows generators to accumulate small amounts of hazardous waste until […]

PCB Bulk Product vs. Remediation Waste

By Clare Condon Nov 30, 2012 Chemicals

Updated: Aug 22, 2017

In recent years, EPA has learned a great deal about the extent to which products manufactured to contain PCBs (e.g., paint and caulk) were used in many buildings, including schools, before the manufacture of PCBs was banned by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). As more buildings were discovered to have PCB contamination, it was […]