What Is RCRA?
The EPA says the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) gives it the authority to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave, including the generation, transportation, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste. It says RCRA establishes the framework for a national system of solid waste control, with Subtitle D dedicated to non-hazardous solid waste requirements and Subtitle C focused on hazardous solid waste.
The EPA says Congress developed an exclusion for household waste, found at 40 CFR 261.4, under which wastes generated by normal household activities, such as routine house and yard maintenance, are excluded from the definition of hazardous waste. It says Subtitle I was added in 1984 through the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments, creating a federal program to regulate underground storage tanks containing petroleum and hazardous chemicals, and that the EPA and the states verify RCRA compliance through a monitoring program that includes inspecting facilities, reviewing records and taking enforcement action where necessary.
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- Regulatory filingThe EPA says RCRA gives it authority to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave, including its generation, transportation, treatment, storage and disposal. US EPA ↗
- Regulatory filingThe EPA says RCRA sets up a national system of solid waste control, with Subtitle D for non-hazardous waste and Subtitle C for hazardous waste. US EPA ↗
- Regulatory filingThe EPA says wastes from normal household activities, such as routine house and yard maintenance, are excluded from the definition of hazardous waste. US EPA ↗
- Regulatory filingThe EPA says Subtitle I, added in 1984, created a federal program to regulate underground storage tanks holding petroleum and hazardous chemicals. US EPA ↗
- Government sourceThe EPA says it and the states verify RCRA compliance by inspecting facilities, reviewing records and taking enforcement action where necessary. US EPA ↗
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