The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on August 31, 2015, proposed two rules under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) that would alter fundamentally the hazardous waste ...

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On May 30, 2017, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule became effective. 81 Fed. Reg. 85732 (Nov. 28, 2016). The rule will not become effective ...

The statute establishes a comprehensive system for managing solid and hazardous wastes from generation through final disposal. RCRA was enacted in 1976 in response to growing concerns about the ...

EPA published new RCRA requirements on November 28, 2016 to make substantial changes to the first enacted rule of 1981. The initial rule may cause confusion but EPA’s intent is to update the ...