Thus, the Board has endorsed the concepts included in contract changes proposed by PERC and Bangor Hydro. Among the issues raised by attendees are a desire for an option to terminate the contracts at interim dates and information regarding potential liability of communities who elect to acquire part of the PERC facility. Any additional input is welcome and can be addressed to Elery who is an MRC Board member. However, time is short as the Board is planning to ask for membership consent to the changes by Oct. 15. It's highly likely that sometime since your facility opened, materials that are generally considered hazardous have been delivered to the site.
Most people think of toxic materials or carcinogens.
These products belong to a category of hazardous wastes known as listed hazardous wastes. Another major category of hazardous wastes is the characteristic waste category. These materials are ignitable, corrosive or reactive. Another way a material can be a characteristic hazardous waste is by having excess concentrations of metals or certain organic compounds in the leachate from a TCLP extraction. This last method of labeling something a hazardous waste has been used at certain Maine transfer stations to determine that ash from burn piles which are not carefully monitored can be a hazardous waste.