Tag: Waste
Advantages and Limitations of Solidifying Wastes
Are Fluorescent Bulbs Universal Waste or Municipal Waste?
What About Used Oil Manifests?
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 […]
Really Hard RCRA Questions, With Answers
Facility Fined $117k for RCRA Violations
Satellite Accumulation
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
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 […]
Is Pipeline Gas Waste or Nonwaste?
