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
February 2020 As a reminder – a large number of the requirements of the Generator Improvement Rule from last year go into effect on USEPA’s New Aerosol Can Universal Waste Rule became effective federally today –… Read More »Regulatory Update – 02/07/2020
January 2020 It has been some time since WTS has sent out an e-Manifest update. The reason for that is that there is virtually no news to report! However, here is some information to consider: … Read More »e-Manifest Update – 01/30/2020
July 2019 Here’s the latest update on e-Manifest: FEES: USEPA has announced the new fee structure for e- manifest. These fees take effect on October 1, 2019 and are scheduled to remain the same through… Read More »e-Manifest Update – 07/29/2019
July 2019 Here’s the latest update on e-Manifest: Adoption / usage of the fully electronic hazardous waste manifest continues to lag. USEPA convened a meeting last month to specifically address issues around ”Increasing Adoption of… Read More »e-Manifest Update – 07/15/2019
April 2019 Here’s the latest update on e-Manifest: Widespread use of e-Manifest is still lagging. From October 1, 2018 through February 28, 2019, USEPA has processed 840,249 manifests and only 1,927 of them, <1%, were… Read More »e-Manifest Update – 04/10/2019
