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2. Hazardous waste in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Amendments to RCRA specified requirements for incinerators and small quantity generators of hazardous waste and required substandard landfills to be closed. [3] Congress also exempted coal combustion residuals and mining waste from the strict hazardous waste permitting requirements.

3. Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965 - Wikipedia

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   The second industrial revolution of the late 19th and early 20th centuries led to major increases in the national economic output, resulting in large increases in the generation of waste. Local and regional governments and private companies developed many diverse, and frequently unsafe or unsanitary, disposal technologies for disposal of this ...

4. Hazardous waste - Wikipedia

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   Generators and transporters of hazardous waste must meet specific requirements for handling, managing, and tracking waste. Through the RCRA, Congress directed the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create regulations to manage hazardous waste. Under this mandate, the EPA has developed strict requirements for all aspects of ...

5. Ohio EPA pulls plan for small sewage-treatment plants in ...

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   The EPA said in its proposal that it was considering fast-tracking small treatment plants, which are sometimes called "package plants," as an interim measure "to ensure treatment capacity can meet ...

6. Regulation of ship pollution in the United States - Wikipedia

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   However, it is not entirely clear what regulations apply to the management and disposal of these wastes.30 RCRA rules that cover small-quantity generators (those that generate more than 100 kilograms but less than 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste per month) are less stringent than those for large-quantity generators (generating more than ...

7. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - Wikipedia

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   Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; Other short titles: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976: Long title: An Act to provide technical and financial assistance for the development of management plans and facilities for the recovery of energy and other resources from discarded materials and for the safe disposal of discarded materials, and to regulate the management of hazardous waste.