Regulation of hazardous wastes

摘要: This chapter provides an overview of hazardous waste management. In the United States, most regulatory compliance requirements are frequently dominated by state rather than federal laws. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgates Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations, either implements RCRA provisions or delegates them to authorized agencies. Individual legal regulations being amended over time conform more closely with changing provisions, so that agencies can apply for maintain formal delegation authority. describes definitions waste, generators wastes, characteristics wastes provided in RCRA. It also presents information on defined related responsibilities generators, record-keeping reporting, recycling, treatment.