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2. Hazardous waste in the United States - Wikipedia

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   EPA has other ways of regulating hazardous waste. These regulations include: The "Mixture Rule" (40 CFR Section 261.3(a)) applies to a mixture of a listed hazardous waste and a solid waste and states that the result of a mixture of these two wastes is regulated as a hazardous waste. Exemptions may apply in some cases.

3. Hazardous Materials Transportation Act - Wikipedia

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   (2) the regulations the Agency prescribes related to worker protection standards for hazardous waste operations that are contained in part 311 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations. (E) Training grants— (1) In general— Subject to the availability of funds, the Secretary shall make grants under this subsection—

4. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - Wikipedia

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   Regulations regarding management of hazardous waste begin in part 260. [5] States are authorized to operate their own hazardous waste programs, which must be at least as stringent as federal standards, and are tasked with creating state implementation plans for managing solid waste. [3]

5. United States Environmental Protection Agency - Wikipedia

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   The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. [2] President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. [3] The order establishing the EPA was ...

6. HAZWOPER - Wikipedia

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   Voluntary cleanup operations at sites recognized by a federal, state, local, or other governmental body as uncontrolled hazardous-waste sites; Operations involving hazardous waste which are conducted at treatment, storage and disposal facilities regulated by Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 264 and 265 pursuant to the RCRA, or ...

7. Environmental policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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   The aim of hazardous waste regulation is to prevent harm from occurring due to hazardous waste and to pass the burdens of cleanup of hazardous waste on to the original producers of the waste. Some of the problems of hazardous waste regulation are that the negative effects of hazardous waste can be difficult to detect and controversial and that ...