DESCRIPTIVE RECORD


TITLE

RCRA Orientation Manual


AUTHOR OR CREATOR

Communications Services Branch (5305W)
Office of Solid Waste
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460-0002


DESCRIPTION

Provides introductory information on solid and hazardous
waste management programs under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA). Addresses the basic framework of the RCRA
regulatory program for new EPA and state employees, those new
to RCRA, and others interested in the Act in seven sections:
introduction to RCRA, managing solid waste - RCRA Subtitle D,
managing hazardous waste - RCRA Subtitle C, managing
underground storage tanks, RCRA Subtitle I, miscellaneous
statutory provisions (such as procurement guidelines), RCRA
and its relationship to other environmental statutes, and
public involvement in RCRA. Appendices include a hazardous
waste manifest, land disposal restriction notification
requirements, underground storage tank notification form,
glossary, acronyms and abbreviations, EPA organization chart,
and environmental contacts. 


URL

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/general/orientat



ORDERING AND AVAILABILITY

Call: 

RCRA/Superfund Hotline
703/412-9810 or TDD 703/412-3323 (hearing impaired)
Long distance callers may call 800 424-9346 or TDD 800
553-7672


Write:

RCRA Information Center 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, SW (5305W)
Washington, DC 20460
E-Mail: rcra-docket@epamail.epa.gov
Fax: 703/603-9234
 

CONTROLLED VOCABULARY-TOPICS

Hazardous Wastes, Solid (Nonhazardous Wastes), Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, RCRA


CONTROLLED VOCABULARY-GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

United States of America


REMOVAL DATE

June 2003


DATE OF [ORIGINAL] DOCUMENT

May 1998


DATE LAST MODIFIED

May 1998


POINT OF CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

RCRA/Superfund Hotline
703 412-9810 or TDD 703 412-3323 (hearing impaired).  
Long-distance callers may call 800 424-9346 or TDD 800
553-7672.


TECHNICAL PREREQUISITES

The document is in Portable Document Format (PDF) and can be
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files, you must have a copy of Adobe Acrobat's Reader.  The
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and IBM Windows operating systems.  The readers are
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Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or higher; or Adobe Acrobat
Exchange, version 3.0 or higher.


EPA ID NUMBER

530-R-98-004


DOCUMENT SIZE

Title Page, Table of Contents, Foreward, Use of Manual      
    116,831 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF),  7 pages     
Executive Summary
    318,151 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF),  5 pages  
Section I: Introduction to RCRA
    375,999 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 10 pages
Section II: Managing Solid Waste - RCRA Subtitle D
  1,024,465 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 11 pages  
Section III: Managing hazardous Waste - RCRA Subtitle C,
Overview
    248,789 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF),  4 pages  
Section III: Chapter 1: Hazardous Waste Identification
    784,227 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 28 pages  
Section III: Chapter 2: Hazardous Waste Recycling and
Universal Wastes
    427,215 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 12 pages  
Section III: Chapter 3: Hazardous Waste Generators
    638,030 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 10 pages  
Section III: Chapter 4: Hazardous Waste Transporters
    254,382 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF),  4 pages  
Section III: Chapter 5: Treatment, Storage, and Disposal
Facilities (TSDFs)  [part 1]
  1,107,023 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 22 pages  
Section III: Chapter 5: Treatment, Storage, and Disposal
Facilities (TSDFs)  [part 2]
  1,254,692 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 20 pages  
Section III: Chapter 6: Land Disposal Restrictions
    510,121 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 12 pages  
Section III: Chapter 7: Hazardous Waste Combustion
    898,444 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 13 pages  
Section III: Chapter 8: Permitting of TSDFs
    925,877 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 13 pages  
Section III: Chapter 9: Corrective Action
    417,413 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF),  8 pages  
Section III: Chapter 10: Enforcement
    658,777 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 12 pages  
Section III: Chapter 11: State Authorization
    436,408 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 10 pages  
Section IV: Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)
    833,371 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 20 pages  
Section V: Miscellaneous Statutory Provisions, Overview
    111,323 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF),  2 pages  
Section V: Chapter 1: Federal Procurement Requirements
    410,260 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF),  6 pages  
Section V: Chapter 2: Medical Waste Regulations
    533,931 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF),  6 pages  
Section VI: RCRA and Other Environmental Statutes, Overview
    267,801 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF),  2 pages  
Section VI: Chapter 1: Legislative Framework/Hazardous Waste 
    648,926 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF),  8 pages  
Section VI: Chapter 2:  CERCLA/Superfund
    301,364 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF),  8 pages
Section VII: Public Involvement in RCRA
    351,583 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 12 pages  
Appendix A: Hazardous Waste Manifest
     89,174 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 20 pages  
Appendix C: Notification Form for USTs
     55,766 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF),  5 pages  
Appendices B, D, E, F, and G
    359,003 bytes (Adobe Acrobat PDF), 30 pages  


CATALOGING SOURCE

Communications Services Branch (5305W)
Office of Solid Waste
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC  20460


AGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Printed copies are available through the distributor listed
above. 

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