What is RCRA compliance?

Compliance monitoring under RCRA involves reviewing a facility’s compliance with the regulations that apply to treatment, storage and disposal facilities. Relevant Rules. Monitoring Responsibilities.

What determines RCRA status?

The determination of your hazardous waste generator status is necessary in order to identify which of the RCRA regulations (Federal & State) apply to your operations and what you must do to ensure compliance. This determination is based on the amount of non-exempt hazardous waste you generate in a calendar month.

How effective is RCRA?

RCRA standards, when properly implemented, have proven to be highly effective in preventing these and other hazards associated with acute-risk wastes. In doing so, the RCRA program saves lives and property. Long-term Stewardship Wastes that are generated and cannot be reused or recycled must be permanently disposed.

Which action is regulated by the RCRA act?

Summary. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from the “cradle-to-grave.” This includes the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste.

Was RCRA successful?

Although the RCRA program has been very successful in addressing the immediate human health and environmental concerns that prompted passage of RCRA in 1976, the EPA and its partner states, tribes, and local governments maintain a critical and active role.

What does Subtitle I of the RCRA regulate?

RCRA Subtitle I provides a comprehensive regulatory program USTs storing petroleum or certain hazardous substances. Subtitle C of RCRA was enacted in 1976, replacing the Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Resource Recovery Act. Subtitle C (RCRA §§3001-3023) establishes the national hazardous waste management program.

Who is a generator under RCRA?

Th~ RCRA regulations define a generator as any person, by site, whose act or process produces hazardous waste identified or listed in 40 CFR Part 261 or whose act first causes a hazardous waste to become subject to regulation.

What is a RCRA generator?

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is responsible for regulating hazardous waste from its point of generation through its final disposal. This “cradle-to-grave” system begins with hazardous waste generators.