What US Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA, 42 USC ch 82): Cradle-to-Grave Hazardous Waste Management requires
The Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), codified at 42 U.S.C. Chapter 82 (sections 6901-6992k), governs the management of solid and hazardous waste from generation to final disposal and is administered by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), often through authorized State programs. Section 6903 defines the regulated terms, including 'solid waste' and 'hazardous waste'. Subchapter III establishes the cradle-to-grave hazardous waste program: section 6921 directs EPA to identify the characteristics of, and to list, hazardous wastes; section 6922 sets standards applicable to generators (including the manifest, recordkeeping and labeling requirements); section 6923 sets standards for transporters; and section 6924 sets standards for owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs), including the land disposal restrictions and corrective action. Section 6925 requires a permit for the treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste. Section 6926 authorizes EPA to approve State programs to operate in lieu of the federal program, and section 6927 confers inspection authority. Section 6928 provides for federal enforcement: a person who violates any requirement of the subchapter is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 for each violation, and each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation; a person who knowingly transports, treats, stores or disposes of hazardous waste without a permit or in knowing violation of the requirements is, on conviction, subject to a fine of not more than $50,000 for each day of violation, or imprisonment of not more than two years (five years for the most serious paragraphs), or both; and a person who knowingly places another in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury (knowing endangerment) is subject to a fine of not more than $250,000 or imprisonment of not more than fifteen years, or both, and an organization to a fine of not more than $1,000,000. Penalty figures are subject to inflation adjustment by regulation.
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: US Congress / US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
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- Solid Waste Disposal Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6903 - definitions of solid waste and hazardous waste.
- Solid Waste Disposal Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6921 - identification and listing of hazardous waste.
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