49 CFR 172.604 defines the requirements for the inclusion of Emergency Response Phone Numbers on Hazardous Waste Manifests (HWM). At times though, there can be some ambiguity and confusion as to when a contract number needs… Read More »Knowing When to Include a Contract Number on your Hazardous Waste Manifest
March 2021 Industry acceptance of the e-Manifest program continues to be found lacking. Consider these statistics that USEPA announced just this week. Since the inception of the e-Manifest program on June 30, 2018 and through… Read More »e-Manifest Update – 03/12/2021
Large Quantity Generators (Generated 2,200 lbs. or more of Hazardous Waste in any single calendar month or accumulated at any time more than 2.2 lbs. of acute hazardous waste in any single calendar month; or generated more… Read More »News for New York State Hazardous Waste Generators
Published January 14th, 2021 by Brian Burns We met our Goal Zero Standard – Zero Injuries, Zero fines, Zero Compliance Actions, Zero Insurance Claims WTS was honored by the ACC as the Responsible Care Partner… Read More »2020 RCMS Annual Report
More Stringent Provisions Details Consolidated the regulations for Hazardous Waste Generators into 40CFR262 Consolidates the regulations for generators into Part 262. Before the rules the regulations were found in different Parts (261.5, 262, 265). More… Read More »Hazardous Waste Generators Improvements Rule (HWGIR) – Part 2
One of the three major types of hazardous waste “manifest discrepancies” listed in 40 CFR § 265.72 is rejected wastes, which is defined as a full or partial shipment of hazardous waste that the designated… Read More »Managing Manifest Requirements for Rejected Hazardous Waste Shipments
The requirements for accumulation (storage) in a central Accumulation area can be found in 40CFR 262.17: Conditions for exemption for a large quantity generator that accumulates hazardous waste. There are requirements listed for ignitable and… Read More »Segregation Requirements in Accumulation Areas
Please note that this article has been updated (01/12/2022) to reflect recent state activity: In March of 2018, US EPA proposed adding waste aerosol cans to the federal list of Universal Wastes. The rule became… Read More »Aerosols as a Universal Waste
July 2020 USEPA is ending the COVID-19 Enforcement Discretion Policy enacted earlier this year. The agency has announced a termination date of August 31, 2020. As distributed earlier, the policy, amongst other topics, offered relief from normal enforcement… Read More »Regulatory Update – 07/02/2020
March 2020 USEPA Addresses COVID-19 On Thursday 3/26/20 the USEPA announced a policy for Enforcement Discretion during the current pandemic. The complete notice is attached. The policy is temporary and applies to potential civil violations… Read More »Regulatory Update – 03/30/2020
Updated September 7, 2021 See below for important links regarding COVID-19. We will update these as regularly as possible. — CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html USEPA: https://www.epa.gov/coronavirus USDOT: https://www.transportation.gov/coronavirus USGOV: https://www.coronavirus.gov/ FEMA: https://www.fema.gov/disaster/coronavirus OSHA: https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus DHS: https://www.dhs.gov/coronavirus SOCMA:… Read More »COVID-19 Update – 03/24/2020
