Hazardous Waste Regulation: 10 Major Differences Between Federal RCRA and California Hazardous Waste Regulations 2015 covers topics such as:
- Understand the universe of hazardous waste which is much more expensive in California
- Enactment of the California Hazardous Waste Control Law in 1972 before RCRA in 1976; there was no federal model
- Conditional Small Quantity Generator exemption in California
- Comparison of RCRA and California hazardous waste characterization
- Satellite accumulation rules differ and is limited to 1 year in California
- Point-of-generation requirements in California vs under RCRA
- No sewer exclusion in California, unlike RCRA, more pre-treatment and hazardous waste tank compliance
- Large quantity generators (LQGs) - requirements for training, emergency response, and contingency plan documentation
- There are more universal wastes regulated in California
- Permits are required to treat most hazardous wastes that would be exempt from permitting under RCRA
Hazardous Waste Regulation: 10 Major Differences Between Federal RCRA and California Hazardous Waste Regulations 2015 brings together:
- EH&S
- Management
- Operations personnel with responsibility for environmental compliance in California, or with multi-state responsibility that includes this state
- Facility management personnel
