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Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule

hazardous-waste · Rule · Published 2016-11-28 · Effective 2017-05-30 · 81 FR 85732

Document

Document number
2016-27429
Federal Register citation
81 FR 85732
CFR reference
40 CFR 257
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
hazardous-waste
Publication date
2016-11-28
Effective date
2017-05-30
EPA docket
EPA-HQ-RCRA-2012-0121

Abstract

With this action, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing revisions to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act's (RCRA) hazardous waste generator regulatory program proposed on September 25, 2015. There are several objectives to these revisions. They include reorganizing the hazardous waste generator regulations to make them more user-friendly and thus improve their usability by the regulated community; providing a better understanding of how the RCRA hazardous waste generator regulatory program works; addressing gaps in the existing regulations to strengthen environmental protection; providing greater flexibility for hazardous waste generators to manage their hazardous waste in a cost-effective and protective manner; and making technical corrections and conforming changes to address inadvertent errors and remove obsolete references to programs that no longer exist. This final rule responds to the comments of EPA stakeholders, taking into consideration the mission of EPA and the goals of RCRA.

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