Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and Practices; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Requirements for Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Programs

The Environmental Protection Agency today is promulgating revisions to the existing criteria for solid waste disposal facilities and practices. These revisions were developed in response to the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Today's final revisions establish that only those non-municipal non-hazardous waste disposal units that meet specific standards may receive conditionally exempt small quantity generator (CESQG) hazardous wastes. Today's final revisions establish standards pertaining to location restrictions, ground-water monitoring and corrective action. The EPA is also finalizing revisions to regulations for hazardous wastes generated by CESQGs. Today's final language will clarify acceptable disposal options under Subtitle D of RCRA by specifying that CESQG hazardous waste may be managed at municipal solid waste landfills subject to Part 258 and at nonmunicipal non-hazardous waste disposal units subject to today's revised Criteria.