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List of Federal Register Notices Referenced in the DSW Compendium

The table below provides a chronological list of Federal Register notices that are relevant to the definition of solid waste regulations. Please also see the DSW Compendium for a listing of these FR notices by subject matter. Note: Please be patient - some of these are large files and may take a while to download.

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Federal Register Notices: 2000-2010

Notice Date Federal Register Notice
January 8, 2010 (PDF) (27 pp, 277K) Revisions to the Requirements for: Transboundary Shipments of Hazardous Wastes Between OECD Member Countries, Export Shipments of Spent Lead-Acid Batteries, Submitting Exception Reports for Export Shipments of Hazardous Wastes, and Imports of Hazardous Wastes (Final) [Spent Lead-Acid Batteries]
October 30, 2008 (PDF) (122 pp, 589K) (GPO Access) Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste (Final) [Legitimate Recycling, Exclusions]
October 6, 2008 (PDF) (29 pp, 280 K) Revisions to: The Requirements for Transboundary Shipments of Wastes Between OECD Countries, the Requirements for Export Shipments of Spent Lead-Acid Batteries, the Requirements on Submitting Exception Reports for Export Shipments of Hazardous Wastes, and the Requirements for Imports of Hazardous Wastes (Proposed) [Spent Lead-Acid Batteries]
June 15, 2007 (PDF) (52 pp, 348K) (GPO Access) Expansion of RCRA Comparable Fuel Exclusion (Proposed) [Comp. Fuels]
March 26, 2007 (TXT) (GPO Access) Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste (Supplemental Proposed) [Legitimate Recycling]
July 28, 2006 (TXT) (GPO Access) Cathode Ray Tubes (Final) [Cathode Ray Tubes, Legitimate Recycling]
April 4, 2006 (TXT) (GPO Access) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Burden Reduction Initiative (Final) [Case-By-Case Variances]
August 5, 2005 (PDF) (16 pp, 160K) (GPO Access) Modification of the Hazardous Waste Program; Mercury Containing Equipment; Final Rule [Universal Waste]
November 20, 2003 (TXT) (GPO Access) Conditional Exclusions from Hazardous Waste and Solid Waste for Solvent-Contaminated Industrial Wipes (Proposed)
October 28, 2003 (TXT) (GPO Access) Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste (Proposed)
August 13, 2002 (TXT) (GPO Access) Exclusion from the Definition of Solid Waste (Final) [Case-By-Case Variances]
July 24, 2002 (TXT) (GPO Access) Zinc Fertilizers Made From Recycled Hazardous Secondary Materials (Final) [Zinc Fertilizers, Legitimate Recycling]
June 12, 2002(TXT) (GPO Access) Cathode Ray Tubes and Mercury-Containing Equipment (Proposed) [Cathode Ray Tubes, Legitimate Recycling]
March 25, 2002 (TXT) (GPO Access) Regulation of Hazardous Oil-Bearing Secondary Materials From the Petroleum Refining Industry and Other Hazardous Secondary Materials Processed in a Gasification System To Produce Synthesis Gas (Proposed) [Petroleum Refinery Wastes, Legitimate Recycling]
March 13, 2002 (TXT) (GPO Access) Definition of Solid Waste (Final) [Mineral Processing Wastes, Legitimate Recycling]
March 8, 2000 (PDF) (22 pp, 290K) (GPO Access) 180-Day Accumulation Time Under RCRA for Waste Water Treatment Sludges From the Metal Finishing Industry (Final) [Sludges]
November 28, 2000 (TXT) (GPO Access) Requirements for Zinc Fertilizers Made From Recycled Hazardous Secondary Materials (Proposed) [Zinc Fertilizers, Legitimate Recycling]

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Federal Register Notices: 1990-1999

Notice Date Federal Register Notice
November 19, 1999 (PDF) (81 pp, 675K) (GPO Access) Identification and Listing of Hazardous Wastes (Proposed) [Legitimate Recycling]
July 6, 1999 (PDF) (26 pp, 172K) (GPO Access) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV (Technical Correction) [Comp. Fuels, Mineral Processing Wastes, Legitimate Recycling]
May 11, 1999 (PDF) (11 pp, 80K) (GPO Access) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV (Technical Correction) [Comp. Fuels, Mineral Processing Wastes]
December 24, 1998 (PDF) (6 pp, 54K) (GPO Access) Universal Waste (Technical Correction) [Spent Lead-Acid Batteries]
November 19, 1998 (TXT) (GPO Access) Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste - Solvents (Final)
August 6, 1998 (TXT) (GPO Access) Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste (Final) [Petroleum Refinery Wastes, Petrochemical Recovered Oil, Spent Caustic Solutions]
June 19, 1998 (TXT) (GPO Access) RCRA Comparable Fuel Exclusion (Final) [Comp. Fuels]
May 26, 1998 (TXT) (GPO Access) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV (Final) [Wood Preserving Wastes, Scrap Metal, Shredded Circuit Boards]
May 26, 1998 (PDF) (50 pp, 342K) (GPO Access) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV: Final Rule Promulgating Treatment Standards for Metal Wastes and Mineral Processing Wastes [Legitimate Recycling]
April 15, 1998 (TXT) (GPO Access) National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Category: Pulp and Paper Production (Final) [Kraft Mill Steam Strippers]
July 11, 1997 (PDF) (3 pp, 25K) (GPO Access) Hazardous Waste Management System; Modification of the Hazardous Waste Program; Mercury-Containing Lamps (Notice of data availability) [Universal Waste]
May 12, 1997 (PDF) (44 pp, 296K) (GPO Access) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV: Second Supplemental Proposal on Treatment Standards for Metal Wastes and Mineral Processing Wastes (Supplemental Proposed) [Legitimate Recycling, Scrap Metal, Shredded Circuit Boards]
May 12, 1997 (PDF) (44 pp, 372K)(GPO Access) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV (Final) [Wood Preserving Wastes]
February 12, 1997 (TXT) (GPO Access) Military Munitions (Final) [Legitimate Recycling]
August 14, 1996 (TXT) (GPO Access) Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste - Solvents (Proposed)
April 19, 1996 (TXT) (GPO Access) Revised Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustors (Proposed) [Comp. Fuels]
April 12, 1996 (PDF) (28 pp, 193K) (GPO Access) Imports and Exports of Hazardous Waste: Implementation of OECD Council Decision (Final) [Universal Waste]
April 8, 1996 (PDF) (95 pp, 1.5MB) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase III- Decharacterized Wastewaters, Carbamate Wastes, and Spent Potliners (Final) [Use Constituting Disposal]
March 26, 1996 (TXT) (GPO Access) Amendments to Definition of Solid Waste (Final) [Petroleum Refinery Wastes]
March 8, 1996 (TXT) (GPO Access) National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Category: Pulp and Paper Production (Proposed) [Kraft Mill Steam Strippers]
January 25, 1996 (TXT) (GPO Access) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV Supp. (Proposed) [Primary Mineral Processing, Scrap Metal, Shredded Circuit Boards]
December 21, 1995 (PDF) (126 pp, 4.5MB) Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste: Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR) (Proposed) [Use Constituting Disposal]
November 20, 1995 (TXT) (GPO Access) Identification and Listing of Hazardous Wastes (Proposed) [Spent Sulfuric Acids, Petroleum Refinery Wastes, Petrochemical Recovered Oil, Spent Caustic Solutions, Legitimate Recycling]
November 8, 1995 (TXT) (GPO Access) Military Munitions (Proposed)
August 22, 1995 (PDF) (46 pp, 1.4MB) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV: Issues Associated with Clean Water Act Treatment Equivalency, and Treatment Standards for Wood Preserving Wastes and Toxicity Characteristic Metal Wastes (Proposed) [Exclusions]
May 11, 1995 (TXT) (GPO Access) Universal Waste (Proposed)
March 2, 1995 (PDF) (66 pp, 514K) (GPO Access) Land Disposal Restrictions - Phase III (Proposed) [Legitimate Recycling]
December 29, 1994 (PDF) (10 pp, 1.4MB) Standards for the Management and Use of Slag Residues Derived from HTMR Treatment of K061, K062, and F006 Wastes (Proposed) [Use Constituting Disposal]
September 19, 1994 - Part 1 (PDF) (75 pp, 2.8MB) Land Disposal Restrictions Phase II (Final) [Closed-Loop Exclusion, Case-By-Case Variance]
September 19, 1994 - Part 2 (PDF) (53 pp, 2.9MB)
August 24, 1994 (PDF) (5 pp, 832K) Amendment to Subpart C - Recyclable Materials Used in a Manner Constituting Disposal (Final) [Use Constituting Disposal]
July 28, 1994 (PDF) (10 pp, 1.8MB) Amendments to Definition of Solid Waste (Final) [Petroleum Refinery Wastes]
July 27, 1994 (PDF) (17 pp, 2.2MB) Mercury-Containing Lamps (Proposed)
February 23, 1994 (PDF) (5 pp, 804K) Amendment to Subpart C - Recyclable Materials Used in a Manner Constituting Disposal (Proposed) [Use Constituting Disposal]
February 11, 1993 (PDF) (32 pp, 4MB) Modification of the Hazardous Waste Recycling Regulatory Program (Proposed) [Universal Waste]
September 10, 1992 (PDF) (61 pp, 7.8MB) Recycled Used Oil Management Standards (Final) [Recyclable Materials]
August 18, 1992 (PDF) (89 pp, 5.0MB) Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly Listed Wastes and Hazardous Debris (Final) [Use Constituting Disposal]
August 18, 1992 (PDF) (23 pp, 2.9MB) Identification and Listing of Hazardous Wastes (Final) [Coke By-Product Wastes]
June 22, 1992 (PDF) (9 pp, 1.3MB) Hazardous Waste Management System (Final) [Coke By-Product Wastes]
May 20, 1992 (PDF) (34 pp, 1.3MB) Hazardous Waste Management System; General; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Used Oil (Final) [Used Oil Filters]
September 23, 1991 (PDF) (75 pp, 2.2MB) Hazardous Waste Management System; General; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Used Oil (Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) [Used Oil Filters]
August 27, 1991 (PDF) (14 pp, 1.7MB) Burning of Hazardous Waste in Boilers and Industrial Furnaces (Final) [Legitimate Recycling]
August 19, 1991 (PDF) (15 pp, 2.0MB) Land Disposal Restrictions for Electric Arc Furnace Dust (Final) [Treatment of K061]
July 26, 1991 (PDF) (31 pp, 1.1MB) Hazardous Waste Management Systems (Proposed) [Coke By-Product Wastes]
July 1, 1991 (PDF) (7 pp, 1.2MB) Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste (Technical Correction) [Wood Preserving Wastes]
February 21, 1991 - Part 1 (PDF) (75 pp, 2.6MB) Burning Hazardous Waste in Boilers and Industrial Furnaces (Final) [Coke By-Product Wastes, Legitimate Recycling]
February 21, 1991 - Part 2 (PDF) (32 pp, 1.2MB)
February 13, 1991 (PDF) (6 pp, 664K) Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste (Interim Final) [Toxicity Characteristic]
December 6, 1990 (PDF) (41 pp, 1.6MB) Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste (Final) [Wood Preserving Wastes]
June 1, 1990 - Part 1 (PDF) (75 pp, 2.5MB) Land Disposal Restrictions for Third Scheduled Wastes (Final) [Domestic Sewage Exclusion]
June 1, 1990 - Part 2 (PDF) (75 pp, 3.0MB)
June 1, 1990 - Part 3 (PDF) (51 pp, 2.1MB)
April 27, 1990 (PDF) (60 pp, 2.5MB) Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Incinerators and Burning of Hazardous Wastes in Boilers and Industrial Furnaces (Proposed) [(Un)-Contained Gases]

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Federal Register Notices: 1980-1989

Notice Date Federal Register Notice
December 11, 1989 (PDF) (12 pp, 1.3MB) Hazardous Waste Identification and Listing (Final) [F024 and F025]
November 22, 1989 (Part 1 of 2) (PDF) (75 pp, 2.4MB) Land Disposal Restrictions for Third Scheduled Wastes (Proposed) - Part 1
November 22, 1989 (Part 2 of 2) (PDF) (83 pp, 2.8MB) Land Disposal Restrictions for Third Scheduled Wastes (Proposed) - Part 2
October 26, 1989 (PDF) (46 pp, 1.5MB) Burning of Hazardous Waste in Boilers and Industrial Furnaces (Supplement to Proposed Rule) [Legitimate Recycling]
September 6, 1989 (PDF) (6 pp, 909K) Land Disposal Restrictions (Correction) [Use Constituting Disposal]
November 23, 1988 (PDF) (25 pp, 633K) The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (Proposed) [Domestic Sewage Exclusion]
August 17, 1988 (PDF) (85 pp, 2.7MB) Land Disposal Restrictions for Third Scheduled Wastes (Final) [Use Constituting Disposal]
May 17, 1988 (PDF) (49 pp, 1.3MB) Land Disposal Restrictions - First Third (Proposed) [Legitimate Recycling]
April 8, 1988 (PDF) (50 pp, 2.1MB) Land Disposal Restrictions for Restrictions for First Third of Scheduled Wastes (Proposed) [Use Constituting Disposal]
January 8, 1988 (PDF) (11 pp, 1.7MB) Amendments to Definition of Solid Waste (Proposed) [Legitimate Recycling]
June 5, 1987(PDF) (2 pp, 412K) Amendments to Definition of Solid Waste (Technical Corrections) [Use Constituting Disposal]
May 6, 1987 (PDF) (69 pp, 2.7MB) Burning Hazardous Waste in Boilers and Industrial Furnaces (Proposed) [Coke By-Products Wastes]
August 8, 1986 (PDF) (23 pp, 2.6MB) Exports of Hazardous Waste (Final) [Recyclable Materials]
July 14, 1986 (PDF) (67 pp, 2.1MB) Systems for Hazardous Waste Storage and Treatment Tank Systems (Final)
December 16, 1985 (PDF) (2 pp, 590K) Systems for Hazardous Waste Storage and Treatment Tank Systems (Request for Comment)
November 29, 1985 (PDF) (48 pp, 1.4MB) Burning of Waste Fuel and Used Oil Fuel in Boilers and Industrial Furnaces (Final) [Recyclable Materials, Legitimate Recycling]
August 20, 1985 (PDF) (3 pp, 351K) Amendments to Definition of Solid Waste (Technical Corrections) [Recyclable Materials]
April 11, 1985 (PDF) (5 pp, 922K) Amendments to Definition of Solid Waste (Technical Corrections)
January 11, 1985 (PDF) (41 pp, 1.5MB) Hazardous Waste Burned for Energy Recovery (Proposed) [Legitimate Recycling]
January 4, 1985 (PDF) (55 pp, 1.9MB) Amendments to Definition of Solid Waste (Final)
February 10, 1984 (PDF) (3 pp, 541K) Hazardous Waste Identification and Listing (Proposed) [F024 and F025]
April 4, 1983 (PDF) (58 pp, 2.1MB) Amendments to Definition of Solid Waste (Proposed)
March 16, 1983 (PDF) (4pp, 541K) Enforcement Guidance for Legitimate Recycling by Energy Recovery (Enforcement Guidance) [Legitimate Recycling]
August 18, 1982 (PDF) (6 pp, 706K) Hazardous Waste Identification and Listing (Final) [Empty Container Definition]
June 24, 1982 (PDF) (16 pp, 2.0MB) Hazardous Waste Management System (Interim and Final) [Incinerators]
November 25, 1980 (PDF) (27 pp, 1.4MB) Hazardous Waste Management System (Final)
May 19, 1980 (PDF) (54 pp, 2.0MB) Hazardous Waste Management System: General (Interim Final and Final) [Legitimate Recycling]
May 19, 1980 (PDF) (75 pp, 2.6MB) Hazardous Waste Management System (Interim Final)

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