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2. Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository - Wikipedia

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   The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, as designated by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act amendments of 1987, [2] is a proposed deep geological repository storage facility within Yucca Mountain for spent nuclear fuel and other high-level radioactive waste in the United States. The site is on federal land adjacent to the Nevada Test Site in Nye ...

3. List of Superfund sites in Arizona - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of Superfund sites in Arizona designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up ...

4. Hazardous waste - Wikipedia

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   Hazardous waste is waste that must be handled properly to avoid damaging human health or the environment. Waste can be hazardous because it is toxic, reacts violently with other chemicals, or is corrosive, among other traits. [1] As of 2022, humanity produces 300-500 million metric tons of hazardous waste annually. [2]

5. Proper household hazardous waste disposal a year-round ...

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   The nearest facility for household hazardous waste disposal is: Environmental Enterprises, located at 1249 Essex Ave., Columbus. Fees will be charged. For prices, they can be reached at 614-294 ...

6. Hazardous waste in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Under United States environmental policy, hazardous waste is a waste (usually a solid waste) that has the potential to: pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed. Under the 1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA ...

7. HAZWOPER - Wikipedia

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   Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER; / ˈ h æ z w ɒ p ər / HAZ-waw-pər) is a set of guidelines produced and maintained by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration which regulates hazardous waste operations and emergency services in the United States and its territories. [1]