On October 18 the EPA formalized its plan to address the emerging PFAS issue by announcing its “PFAS Strategic Roadmap” which details and summarizes its planned actions starting this year and running through 2024. Amongst… Read More »EPA Announces Whole of Agency Approach to Addressing PFAS
As a follow up to last month’s article on PFAS Regulatory Updates, note that on September 9, 2001 USEPA released a Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (Preliminary Plan 15), which identifies three new rulemakings to… Read More »Recent Regulatory Developments on PFAS
PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a class of synthetic organic chemicals that were created starting back in the 1940’s. They contain an alkyl group where all or most of the hydrogen atoms have been… Read More »PFAS Regulatory Update
As a result of the 2016 Hazardous Waste Generators Improvements Rule , Small Quantity Generators of Hazardous Waste are required to re-notify the EPA of their hazardous waste activities every four years. SQGs are categorized… Read More »Small Quantity Generator ReNotification
WTS noted with interest that USEPA issued a memorandum regarding the Incineration Market backlog on August 10, 2021. We have attached the same for your viewing here. Please note the following highlights: USEPA: “EPA is issuing… Read More »EPA Memorandum – Incineration Market Backlog
As Hazardous Generators come in all sizes and shapes, USEPA recognizes that fact by placing generators in one of three categories based on volumes and types of hazardous waste generated. These classifications and criteria for… Read More »Generator Status
There is a myriad of potential liabilities, exposures and RCRA compliance risks associated with the storage of containerized products at Third Party Locations and warehouses for producers. How do we ensure that our partners in… Read More »Ensuring RCRA Compliance at Warehouse and Third-Party Locations
Many states’ waste programs classify solid waste as solely hazardous or nonhazardous per the regulations found in 40 CFR; however, some states including Texas have more complex and stringent nonhazardous waste classification programs based on… Read More »Waste Classification In Texas
The chemical industry is accelerating forward on a path towards sustainability with an ultimate objective of circularity. Circularity, with regard to the economy and business, is aimed at the reduction and eventual elimination of waste. … Read More »TSCA Implications when Managing By-Products for Re-Use
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
If you store hazardous wastes in your facility, you are likely to need secondary containment systems to meet one or more regulations. Neither the EPA nor OSHA specifies what a secondary containment system must look like.… Read More »Secondary Containment: Use and Management of Containers
Regulating Authority Comparison Moving products overseas often starts with a sample evaluation by the end user, even if a Certificate of Analysis or other product information is available. Care must be taken to ship samples… Read More »Shipping Product Samples Internationally
