Hazardous Waste Compliance Guide

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The Hazardous Waste Compliance Guide helps employers easily understandthe most important hazardous waste regulations that affect their business. Itexplains the basic links between employee safety regulations and hazardouswaste. The Guide also asks and answers fundamental questions regardingthe handling and reduction of hazardous waste.The Guide includes in depth discussion of OSHA’s Hazard Communication(Employee-Right-to-Know) Standard, which is one of the most commonly citedOSHA standards, and is among the standards for which employers pay the most inannual fines and penalties.The Hazardous Waste Compliance Guide provides an overview of the majorfederal laws that address hazardous waste:;Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and its implementing regulationsand amendmentsRisk Management Plan under the Clean Air ActStorm Water Program and Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasureregulations under the Clean Water ActEPA’s regulatory scheme rewards waste minimization. The Guidediscusses minimizing waste by either reducing the volume of waste or reducingits toxicity. Included are minimization techniques for both hazardous andnon-hazardous waste (with special emphasis on recycling) and requirements thatapply to “universal wastes.”The Hazardous Waste Compliance Guide comes with five sample safetyplans required by EPA and/or OSHA. This 14th Edition of the Guide alsoincludes discussion of these and other current topics:;New chapter of checklists to aid in hazardous waste complianceNew information on incentives for self-reporting under EPA’s audit policyNew regulations on reporting requirements for dioxin and dioxin-like products,and more

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