REHS 2026 REVIEW UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) (1974) - ✔✔Regulates contaminant levels in public
water systems used as potable systems.
Established standards to prevent contamination of groundwater due to disposal
activities such as deep well injection
Deep Well Injection - Disposal of treated/raw filtered hazardous waste by pumping into
deep wells where it is contained in pores of permeable subsurface rock.
EPA set standards for Drinking Water Quality
The act does not cover private wells, only public water systems
✔✔6 Standards of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - ✔✔Microorganisms
Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Legionella, Coliform, Enteric Viruses
Disinfectants
Chlorine, Chloramine, Chlorine Dioxide
Disinfection by-products
Bromate, Chlorite, Haloacetic acids, Trihalomethanes
Inorganic chemicals
Antimony, Arsenic, Asbestos, Barium, Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Copper,
Cyanide, Fluoride, Lead, Mercury, Nitrite, Nitrate, Selenium, Thallium
Organic chemicals
53 Standards, including Benzene, Dioxin, Polychlorinated biphenyl, Styrene, Toluene,
Vinyl Chloride, Several Pesticides
Radionuclides
, Alpha particles, Beta particles, Photon emitters, Radium, Uranium, Radon
✔✔Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (1976) - ✔✔EPA has Jurisdiction
RCRA's major emphasis is the control of hazardous waste disposal.
Controls all solid waste disposal and encourages recycling and alternative energy
sources.
Established criteria and lists for classification
Permit and manifest to track wastes from initial source to ultimate disposal
Identifies Toxic, Flammable, Corrosive, and Reactive Wastes as Hazardous Waste and
Pathogenic as solid waste
✔✔Medical Waste Tracking Amendment (1988) - ✔✔To address medical wastes,
including pathogenic or infectious wastes.
Provisions:
Subtitle A - General Provisions
Subtitle B - Office of Solid Waste; Authorities of the Administrator
Subtitle C - "Cradle to Grave" requirements
Subtitle D - Non-hazardous Solid Wastes
Subtitle E - Department of Commerce responsibilities
Subtitle F - Federal responsibilities
Subtitle G - Miscellaneous provisions
Subtitle H - Research, Development, Demonstration and Information
Subtitle I - Underground Storage Tanks
Subtitle J - Medical Waste (expired)
✔✔Hazardous Waste: Two Categories - ✔✔Characteristic Waste - Toxic, Ignitable,
Corrosive, Reactive
Listed Waste - Listed by EPA as hazardous, a mixture of hazardous and non-hazardous
wastes, it is not excluded from regulation as hazardous waste.
✔✔Large Quantity Generator - ✔✔Over 1000 kg per month (2200 lbs.)
✔✔Small Quantity Generator - ✔✔100 to 1000 kg per month (220-2200 lbs.)
✔✔Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator - ✔✔Less than 100 kg per month
(220 lbs.)
✔✔Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) (1980) - ✔✔EPA has jurisdiction
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) (1974) - ✔✔Regulates contaminant levels in public
water systems used as potable systems.
Established standards to prevent contamination of groundwater due to disposal
activities such as deep well injection
Deep Well Injection - Disposal of treated/raw filtered hazardous waste by pumping into
deep wells where it is contained in pores of permeable subsurface rock.
EPA set standards for Drinking Water Quality
The act does not cover private wells, only public water systems
✔✔6 Standards of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - ✔✔Microorganisms
Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Legionella, Coliform, Enteric Viruses
Disinfectants
Chlorine, Chloramine, Chlorine Dioxide
Disinfection by-products
Bromate, Chlorite, Haloacetic acids, Trihalomethanes
Inorganic chemicals
Antimony, Arsenic, Asbestos, Barium, Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Copper,
Cyanide, Fluoride, Lead, Mercury, Nitrite, Nitrate, Selenium, Thallium
Organic chemicals
53 Standards, including Benzene, Dioxin, Polychlorinated biphenyl, Styrene, Toluene,
Vinyl Chloride, Several Pesticides
Radionuclides
, Alpha particles, Beta particles, Photon emitters, Radium, Uranium, Radon
✔✔Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (1976) - ✔✔EPA has Jurisdiction
RCRA's major emphasis is the control of hazardous waste disposal.
Controls all solid waste disposal and encourages recycling and alternative energy
sources.
Established criteria and lists for classification
Permit and manifest to track wastes from initial source to ultimate disposal
Identifies Toxic, Flammable, Corrosive, and Reactive Wastes as Hazardous Waste and
Pathogenic as solid waste
✔✔Medical Waste Tracking Amendment (1988) - ✔✔To address medical wastes,
including pathogenic or infectious wastes.
Provisions:
Subtitle A - General Provisions
Subtitle B - Office of Solid Waste; Authorities of the Administrator
Subtitle C - "Cradle to Grave" requirements
Subtitle D - Non-hazardous Solid Wastes
Subtitle E - Department of Commerce responsibilities
Subtitle F - Federal responsibilities
Subtitle G - Miscellaneous provisions
Subtitle H - Research, Development, Demonstration and Information
Subtitle I - Underground Storage Tanks
Subtitle J - Medical Waste (expired)
✔✔Hazardous Waste: Two Categories - ✔✔Characteristic Waste - Toxic, Ignitable,
Corrosive, Reactive
Listed Waste - Listed by EPA as hazardous, a mixture of hazardous and non-hazardous
wastes, it is not excluded from regulation as hazardous waste.
✔✔Large Quantity Generator - ✔✔Over 1000 kg per month (2200 lbs.)
✔✔Small Quantity Generator - ✔✔100 to 1000 kg per month (220-2200 lbs.)
✔✔Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator - ✔✔Less than 100 kg per month
(220 lbs.)
✔✔Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) (1980) - ✔✔EPA has jurisdiction
