McCoy's RCRA Unraveled, 2007 Editon

Table of Contents

Chapter 1—Solid Wastes

• Introduction to solid wastes
• Materials that are solid wastes when recycled

Chapter 2—Characteristic Wastes

• Introduction to hazardous wastes
• Ignitability
• Corrosivity
• Reactivity
• Aerosol cans
• Toxicity
• Cathode ray tubes (CRTs)
• Hazardous waste lamps

Chapter 3—Listed Wastes

• Introduction to listed wastes
• Spent solvents
• Solvent-contaminated rags
• F006, F007, F008, F009, and F019 wastes
• P- and U-listed hazardous wastes

Chapter 4—Exclusions and Exemptions

• Domestic sewage exclusion
• NPDES discharge exclusion
• Mixed waste exclusion
• Oil and gas exploration and production exclusion
• Active manufacturing process unit exemption
• Analytical-sample/treatability-study exemptions
• De minimis wastewater exemptions
• Scrap metal exemption
• Lead-acid battery exemption

Chapter 5—Rules for Management

• The mixture rule
• The derived-from rule
• Contained-in policy

Chapter 6—Generator Issues

• Waste counting
• Satellite accumulation
• 90- and 180-day accumulation
• Training
• Contractor relations
• Manifesting
• Recordkeeping requirements

Chapter 7—Hazardous Waste Treatment

• The definition of “treatment”
• Wastewater treatment units
• Treatment in 90/180/270-day accumulation units
• Recycling is treatment
• Other permit-exempt treatment options

Chapter 8—Universal Wastes

• What are universal wastes?
• Universal waste program structure
• Universal waste handler requirements
• Universal waste transporter and destination facility requirements
• State authorization issues
• Mercury-containing and rechargeable battery management act

Chapter 9—Container Issues

• What is a hazardous waste container?
• Containers must be closed
• Container labeling requirements
• Secondary containment requirements
• Empty containers
• Container inspection requirements
• Lab packs

Chapter 10—Tank Issues

• What is a hazardous waste tank?
• Are sumps tanks?
• Secondary containment and release detection requirements
• RCRA-empty tanks
• Tank inspection requirements

Chapter 11— Recycling

• Overview of the five-step recycling determination process
• Step 1—Check secondary material recycling status table
• Step 2—The four generic recycling exemptions
• Step 3—Additional qualifying criteria
• Step 4—Documentation requirements
• Step 5—Check with your state

Chapter 12—Used Oil

• Applicability of the used oil management standards
• Used oil management standards for generators
• Burning used oil

Chapter 13—Land Disposal Restrictions

• Overview of the LDR program
• Requirements apply at the point of generation
• Underlying hazardous constituents
• Treatment standards for characteristic wastes
• Treatment standards for listed wastes
• Waste coding
• Contaminated soil standards
• Contaminated debris standards
• Mixed waste standards
• The LDR storage prohibition
• The LDR dilution prohibition
• LDR paperwork requirements
• Miscellaneous issues

Chapter 14—Point of Generation

• Point of generation issues
• Retroactivity of listings and “active management”
• Unknown wastes
• Spills and spill residues
• Gases

Chapter 15—Air Emission Standards

• Air emission standards for process vents—Subpart AA
• Air emission controls for equipment leaks—Subpart BB
• Air emission controls for tanks, containers, and surface impoundments—Subpart CC

Chapter 16—Enforcement Issues

• Common RCRA violations
• Recent RCRA enforcement cases
• EPA’s national RCRA enforcement priorities
• ECHO—EPA’s enforcement database
• EPA’s self-disclosure policy

Chapter 17—Corrective Action

• Few regulations codified
• Solid waste management units
• Hazardous waste and constituents
• Releases
• Facility
• Applicability issues
• RCRA corrective action vs. Superfund
• Corrective action process
• Completion determinations
• Environmental indicators
• Corrective action management units
• Temporary units
• Staging piles
• The area of contamination policy
• Remedial action plans
• Remediation options table
• Useful references

Chapter 18—Waste Characterization/Sampling

• Waste characterization
• Analysis-based determinations
• Knowledge-based determinations
• LDR program characterization
• Sampling issues

Appendix 1—List of Case Studies

Appendix 2—List of Figures

Appendix 3—List of Tables

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