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| RCRA is a comprehensive environmental statute that ___ |
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empowers EPA to regulate
hazardous wastes from cradle to grave, in accordance with the rigorous safeguards
and waste management procedures of Subtitle C, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6921-6934 |
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| The objective of RCRA is to |
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| promote protection of health and the environment and to conserve valuable material and energy resources |
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| In passing RCRA, Congress expressed concern over ___ |
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| The rising tide of scrap, discarded, and waste materials |
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| Non-hazardous solid waste management and hazardous waste management (EPA only promulgated regulations establishing a comprehensive management system |
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| EPA's jurisdiction is limited to solid waste because |
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| hazardous waste is defined as a subset of solid waste. |
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| Definition of hazardous waste |
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a solid waste, or combination of solid wastes,
which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious
characteristics may - (A) cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in
mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible,
illness; or (B) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or
the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or
otherwise managed." RCRA § 1004(5), 42 U.S.C.A. § 6903(5) |
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| Definition of solid waste |
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"any garbage, refuse, sludge from a
waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility
and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained
gaseous material ...." [FN4] RCRA § 1003(27), 42 U.S.C. § 6903(27) |
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| Definition of discarded material |
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"Discarded material"
is defined in the regulations as including materials that are "Abandoned" or
"Recycled," as further explained in the regulations. [FN5] 40 C.F.R. § 261.2(a)(2) |
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The regulatory definition of "Abandoned" is as follows: "Materials are solid
waste if they are abandoned by being: (1) Disposed of; or (2) Burned or incinerated;
or (3) Accumulated, stored, or treated (but not recycled) before or in lieu
of being abandoned by being disposed of, burned, or incinerated." |
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| Environmental Protection Agency exceeded scope of its jurisdiction to regulate “solid waste,” statutorily defined as “discarded material,” by including material destined for reuse in industry's ongoing production process; plain language of statute did not encompass materials retained for immediate reuse, and legislative intent, to deal with problems of solid waste disposal, indicated that Congress was using term “discarded” in its ordinary sense. Solid Waste Disposal Act, § 1004(27), as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 6903(27). |
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| Hazardous wastes must be treated ___ being land disposed |
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| In a land treatment facility, the treatment of hazardous waste occurs ___ |
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| Only after the waste has been disposed |
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| Solid wastes are considered hazardous if they possess one of four characteristics |
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| ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, and toxicity |
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| Disposal of hazardous waste is forbidden unless the waste is |
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| treated to reduce its hazardous constituents or stored in a manner ensuring that the hazardous constituents will not migrate from the disposal unit |
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