EPA regulation Articles
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Designing A Better Alternative for Post-Closure Care
After a landfill has reached the end of its service phase, federal law requires owners to install a final soil cover and maintain it over the next 30 years. This is the traditional strategy that most landfill owners employ and represents a significant cost of business. When all the layers are tallied together, the capping and post-closure period can cost up to $400,000 for a small, 100-acre ...
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Bulk Storage and Piping Case Study
Background: This major steel manufacturer was founded in 1900 in and established the first formal research department in the steel industry in 1910. It grew through the development of specialty steels and new technology. Among the many "firsts" was the development of continuous rolling technology. This company holds more U.S. patents than any other specialty steel company. Today, the ...
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When is material ‘spent?
The definition of solid waste has been frequently tested in the courts. A recent court decision provides new guidance on this meaning, and might have made things tougher for well-meaning enterprises. The definition of a hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is nearly impossible to understand. A recent court ruling has not helped eliminate confusion and, some ...
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EPA targets electric utilities - the agency steps up efforts to manage coal ash damage
Approximately 5.4 million cubic yards, or 1.1 billion gallons, of coal ash from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) plant near Knoxville, Tenn., in December 2008 flooded some 300 acres of land, damaging property, polluting waterways, and killing fish. TVA will likely spend more than $500 million and perhaps as much as $1 billion dollars on the cleanup, says the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
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Recycler solves waste oil problem, attains EPA compliance
Environmental compliance is a major concern and challenge for the recycling industry. There are few recycling industries that face a stiffer challenge than auto recyclers. Vehicles that once were abandoned have become a valuable commodity. Junkers are now being crushed, shredded and recycled to make new steel. While autos contain a lot of valuable and reusable metal, they also contain substances ...
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The need for specialized statistical software for ground-water analysis
Peer-reviewed guidance documents for the statistical analysis of ground-water monitoring data have been available for years, from the US EPA and from other bodies such as state Departments of Environmental Quality and ASTM. The truth, however, is that many of the statistical requirements are not being enforced by state regulators, with the result that statistics — where performed at all ...
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An updated response to EEI’s timeline of environmental regulations
This fact sheet updates the analysis done in our earlier response to EEI’s timeline of environmental regulations. EPA remains on track in issuing rules that provide a path to a cleaner power fleet. After years of delay, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to reduce dangerous and toxic pollutants released to the air and water by electric power plants, as required by ...
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Hazardous waste characterisation of high-density discharge lamps
This study was conducted to assess the relative hazards of used high intensity discharge lamps, based on metal analysis. The paper indicates the inherent difficulties associated with the samples and describes how this particular type of waste might be analysed. The lamps were analysed for total and soluble metals, including mercury, in order to determine inorganic persistent and bio-accumulative ...
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Making the EPA Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule Work For You
A brief summary of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed revisions to the hazardous waste generator regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (40 CFR Parts 260 through 265, 268, 270, 273, and 279) The public comment period on the proposed revisions to the hazardous waste management program closed just before the end of 2015. The Environmental Protection Agency ...
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Material and equipment are key in meeting practical and regulatory sewage treatment requirements
When it comes to marine sewage treatment, a lot has changed over the past several decades. At the same time, a lot has not changed—the underlying microbiology of sewage treatment, for example. In 1973, St. Louis Ship Division of Pott Industries occupied the same ground on which lames Eads built ironclads for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. We were our own guinea pigs, ...
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Proper disposal
In December 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule prohibiting entities from asserting claims of confidential business information (CBI) for certain documents related to the export, import, and transit of hazardous waste. Manufacturers that have historically relied on assertions of CBI should be aware of this change. The new rule is discussed below. Background ...
By Acta Group
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Retail Strategy: A New Focus on Hazardous Waste Regulations
America’s hazardous waste management program ensures the safe management of hazardous waste from the “cradle to the grave”. Many of these regulations were developed more than three decades ago, so it is important we ensure they continue to effectively protect human health and environment into the future. These regulations were developed primarily for industrial and ...
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Proper disposal - Case study
In December 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule prohibiting entities from asserting claims of confidential business information (CBI) for certain documents related to the export, import, and transit of hazardous waste. Manufacturers that have historically relied on assertions of CBI should be aware of this change. The new rule is discussed below. Background ...
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Shimadzu Guide to US EPA Method 8260 for analysis of volatile organic compounds in groundwater and solid waste
Environmental contamination has been at the forefront of government policy and regulation since the US EPA was established in 1970. Over the years the US EPA has developed, published, and updated multiple methods for analysis of environmental pollutants, and single-quadrupole gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) has long been the technique of choice for determination of volatile organic ...
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Federal transport rule — the “new cair” round 1
On August 2, 2010, EPA proposed the long- awaited replacement for the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which was rejected in 2008 by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Now called the Transport Rule (TR) by EPA, the new rule revises the CAIR approach to conform with the court ruling. In this first version (Round 1) of TR, overall emission budgets for NOX are similar to the initial period in CAIR; ...
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Managing compliance: Hazardous Waste Management: Understanding EPA and state-level categories, numbers and reports
Many companies often are surprised to discover exactly how much hazardous waste they generate. A company can be considered a hazardous waste generator if it uses, produces or stores anything from oil-based paint to hydrofluoric acid. If a company uses, stores or generates a certain amount of materials ranging from oil-based paint to hydrofluoric acid, it is required to register with EPA and ...
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How the post-flint effect could continue to affect industry
This post originally appeared on Enablon Insights as part of a three-part series, Between Flint and a Hard Place. The first post identified how lead in the drinking water in Flint, Michigan sparked a heightened awareness about water quality in the U.S. The second post dove deeper into water contamination trends affecting industry actors, analyzing how Flint, an issue created by public officials, ...
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Canada’s environmental guidelines and policies
Canada's environmental guidelines Canada has signed many international environmental agreements and has developed environmental guidelines, policies and programs to help protect the environment. Canada has a variety of environmental standards and guidelines designed to protect the countrys natural resources and promote sustainable development. These standards and guidelines cover many issues, ...
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EPA Issues Proposed Revisions to Definition of Solid Waste
The definition of “solid waste” under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is unquestionably one of the most difficult environmental concepts to get one's head around. Even after 27 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is still tinkering with revisions to the definition to better define the types of recycling activities that fall within the scope of the ...
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Financial assurance and long-term stewardship
While financial reporting is a SEC requirement for all publicly traded companies, financial assurance is a requirement of regulatory authorities and applies to all responsible parties, whether publicly or privately held. Here the author tackles the question of the financial impact on companies if the scope of liabilities requiring financial assurance were increased and, as a result, they failed ...
By AHC Group
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