RCRA Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials Management Exam -Answered

RCRA solid waste - ANSWER-Garbage, refuge, or sludge that are solid, liquid, semisolid, gas containing, or other-excluded When RCRA solid waste becomes hazardous waste - ANSWER-Listed by EPA, possess hazardous characteristics such as being ignitable, corrosive, reactive, or toxic, increase mortality or severe injury, and pose a potential hazard to humans or the environment if improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed, or managed RCRA hazardous waste regulations vary if - ANSWER-Generated by a SQG, reused, recycled, or reclaimed, are a sludge or contain a listed EPA waste, or the handler is a generator, transporter, or owner-operator of a treatment, storage, or disposal facility Controls for hazardous waste - ANSWER-Eliminate, reduce quantity, compaction, reduce/recycle/reclaim, containment, storage, separation, pretreatment, detoxification, treatment, and disposal by buriel, deep well injection, or incineration Hazardous waste distribution is managed by - ANSWER-EPA ID number, manifests, tracking, identification, and disposal Eight sections of RCRA - ANSWER-1. Identification 2. Labeling/packing/transportation 3. Disposal facilities 4. Permitting of disposal facilities 5. State programs 6. Facility Inspections 7. Civil and criminal penalties for violators 8. LQGs (1000kg or more/month), SQGs (100 to 1000kg/month), and CESQGs (less than 100kg/month) CERCLA - ANSWER-Superfund to cleanup hazardous waste sites with strict, several, and joint liability SARA III - ANSWER-EPCRA, RTK, and emergency response planning OSHA HAZWOPER - ANSWER-Site analysis, control, training, medical surveillance, air monitoring, PPE, information, decontamination, and emergency response NWPA - ANSWER-Nuclear Waste Policy Act for protecting public health, creating a repository for spent fuel, and a nuclear waste fund for disposal programs