What is a Sludge? The US EPA Definition
Like the term “solid waste”, “sludge” when used by the EPA can be confusing. It can be found in 40 CFR 261.2 as part of EPA’s description of what wastes may and may not be a solid waste (more on that...
View ArticleEP Fines Ohio Company $12,000 for Illegal Open Burning in Lycoming County
Company Ignored Agency Warning and Repeated Violation WILLIAMSPORT — The Department of Environmental Protection today announced that it has fined Welded Construction LP of Perrysburg, Ohio, $12,000 for...
View ArticleCompany to Pay More Than $93,000 Over Claims of Illegal Dumping of...
BOSTON — A waste hauling firm based in Essex will pay more than $93,000 to settle claims that it illegally dumped multiple loads of construction and demolition waste at an unpermitted site in Methuen,...
View ArticleMassDEP Enforces the Massachusetts Landfill Ban With 98 Notices of...
Even those states without authorized hazardous waste programs under RCRA (Iowa, Alaska, & Puerto Rico) are responsible for the management of non-hazardous solid waste within their state. While...
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The Identification of Solid Waste in Texas
TCEQ regulates hazardous and non-hazardous waste from both industrial and non-industrial facilities. Though very similar to those of the USEPA, as a state with an authorized hazardous waste program...
View ArticleCategories of Waste to Consider When Determining a RCRA Recycling Exclusion...
The definition of a solid waste at 40 CFR 261.2(a)(1) includes any discarded material that is not excluded from regulation by: The conditional exclusions for certain solid waste at §261.4(a). A...
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The New Definition of “Contained” From the 2015 Definition of Solid Waste...
In the January 13, 2015 Federal Register the USEPA announced its Final Rule for the Definition of Solid Waste (2015 DSW) which revised – and is supposed to correct deficiencies in – the 2008 Definition...
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