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Hazardous Waste Regulations: User-Friendly Reference Documents
Web based documents consist of the regulations themselves, linked to the relevant Federal Register notices, background documents, and previously issued policy letters or guidance memoranda. The documents do not contain any new requirements, policy, or guidance.
The objective of these documents is to consolidate and streamline the information on these subjects, help EPA staff, state staff, the regulated community, and the public understand the hazardous waste regulations.
These documents are only a reference and are not to be used as a substitute for the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) itself, or the requirements contained in the CFR. These documents are not a rulemaking. Most states are authorized to manage their own hazardous waste programs. Therefore, states may have their own regulations that apply in lieu of federal regulations, and while most state hazardous waste regulations are based on the federal requirements, some states have developed regulations more stringent than the federal program.
- Definition of Solid Waste (DSW) Compendium: A User-Friendly Reference Document
This document describes EPA's RCRA definition of solid waste regulations. These requirements are located primarily in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at § 261.2 and 261.4(a). The requirements laid out in this reference document are organized in the same manner as the regulations. - Hazardous Waste Characteristics Reference Guide: A User-Friendly Reference Document (PDF) (30 pp, 379K, About PDF)
This document describes EPA's RCRA hazardous waste characteristics regulations. These requirements are located primarily in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at Part 261, Subpart C. The requirements laid out in this reference document are organized by characteristic: ignitable, corrosive, reactive and toxic. - Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste 40 CFR §261.4(b): Exclusions: Solid Wastes which are Not Hazardous Wastes. A User- Friendly Reference Document (PDF) (23 pp, 321K, About PDF)
This document describes EPA's RCRA exclusions to hazardous waste regulations. These requirements are located in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at §261.4(b). The requirements laid out in this reference document are organized in the same manner as the regulations. - Hazardous Waste Listings - A User-Friendly Reference Document, Draft (PDF) (118 pp, 892 KB, About PDF)
This document describes EPA's RCRA listings regulations. These requirements are located primarily in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at Part 261, Subpart D. The requirements laid out in this reference document are organized by: Criteria for listing hazardous waste, Hazardous wastes from non-specific sources, Hazardous wastes from specific sources, Discarded commercial chemical products, off-specification species, container residues, spill residues and Delisting Wastes. - Hazardous Waste Generator Regulations: A User-Friendly Reference Document (PDF) (456 pp, 1.5MB, About PDF)
This document describes EPA's RCRA hazardous waste generator regulations. These requirements are located primarily in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at Part 262. The requirements as laid out in this reference document are organized by generator status; conditionally exempt small quantity generators, small quantity generators, and large quantity generators. - Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF) Regulations: A User Friendly Reference Document for RCRA Subtitle C Permit Writers and Permittees (PDF) (64 pp, 2.0MB, About PDF)
This document was developed to facilitate stakeholders' understanding of RCRA’s permitting requirements. The tool gathers in one place all publicly available permitting resources so that the general public, permit writers, states and tribes can easily access them. These resources include permit appeals, proposed and final Federal Register Notices for Parts 264, 265, 266, 268, 270 and 124, flow charts of the permitting process, training modules, example permits, and links to the actual regulations. - Waste Analysis at Facilities That Generate, Treat, Store, and Dispose of Hazardous Wastes: A Guidance Manual, Final (PDF) (215 pp, 5.8MB About PDF). Also known as the Waste Analysis Plan (WAP) Guidance, this document updates the 1994 version and is used to provide guidance on how to develop and implement WAPs suitable for managing hazardous wastes in accordance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), assist federal and state permit writers in evaluating submitted WAPs, and assist enforcement personnel in determining whether a facility is in compliance with their testing requirements.
The WAP Guidance was updated by EPA Headquarters with support from a workgroup of Regional and state personnel and sent out for two rounds of public comment. In the first round, which ended June 14, 2013, we received 27 submissions offering more than 400 suggestions for improvement. After carefully reviewing the comments, we revised the guidance and sent it out for a second round of comments. In the second round, which ended August 24, 2014, we received 13 submissions offering about 100 suggestions for improvement. Again, after carefully reviewing the comments, we revised and finalized the guidance.
Background Documents
- First Comment-Response Document of Public Comments on Waste Analysis Plan (WAP) Guidance, April 10, 2014 (PDF) (19 pp, 473K, About PDF)
- Attachment 1 - Category 1: Substantive Comments, Within Scope (Excel)
- Attachment 2 - Category 2: Non-Substantive Comments, Within Scope (Excel)
- Attachment 3 - Category 3: Substantive and Non-Substantive Comments, Outside of Scope (Excel)
- Second Comment-Response Document of Public Comments on Waste Analysis Plan (WAP) Guidance, March 31, 2015 (PDF) (30 pp, 393K, About PDF)
Note: In the future, we may develop an LDR-specific addendum to the WAP Guidance.