The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), enacted in 1976, is the primary federal law in the United States governing the disposal of solid waste...
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Exemptions for fracking under United States federal law (section Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)
Water Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, and the Comprehensive...
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transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed. Under the 1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), a facility that treats, stores or disposes of hazardous...
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Hazardous waste (category Environment and health)
States, the treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste are regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Hazardous wastes are...
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the federal level beginning in the late 1900s with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, initially only applying to locations with active hazardous...
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medium or pollutant. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act or RCRA is an act that gives the EPA the authority to regulate and control hazardous waste...
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waste and enacted the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Congress passed additional major amendments to SWDA in the Hazardous and Solid Waste...
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The 1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) provides for federal regulation of industrial, household, and manufacturing solid and hazardous...
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Lola Van Wagenen (category New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science alumni)
lobbied for passage of the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (both passed in 1976). The CAN Newsletter was published...
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Waste collector (category Cleaning and maintenance occupations)
Protection Agency (EPA) under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Alongside the EPA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...
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Ira Rennert (category Private equity and venture capital investors)
Magnesium was not following regulations promulgated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, which dictates how waste byproducts must be disposed...
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comprehensive regulations, including the U.S. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 and the EU's Waste Framework Directive. International...
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HAZWOPER (category Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
actions involving clean-up operations at sites covered by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) as amended (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) Voluntary...
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the United States, these wastes are regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Reactive wastes are those that can cause explosions...
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Waste (section Resource recovery)
health or the environment." Hazardous Waste falls under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Under the RCRA, the EPA has the authority to control...
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Organic Act Noise Control Act Nuclear Waste Policy Act Ocean Dumping Act Oil Pollution Act Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Rivers and Harbors Act Safe...
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The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulates the management, transport and disposal of municipal solid waste, hazardous waste and underground...
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States, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 led to establishment of federal standards for the disposal of solid waste and hazardous...
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Disposal Act of 1965 was enacted. In 1976 the Federal government amended the Solid Waste Disposal Act, creating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)...
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industrial, manufacturing, and commercial solid and hazardous wastes under the 1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Effective solid waste...
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Whistleblowing (section Notes and references)
Water Act (1974), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976), Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (through 1978 amendment...
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environmental regulations, such as in Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Fabricated geomembranes are geomembranes that are flexible...
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Oakmont, Pennsylvania (section Arts and culture)
underwent cleanup under the Environmental Protection Agency's Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Previously operated by Edgewater Steel until its...
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (amended 1984, 1996) 1976 – Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (amended 2016) 1977 – Clean Water Act (amended...
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United States Environmental Protection Agency (redirect from Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training)
Act Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Safe Drinking Water Act Toxic Substances Control Act Frank...
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through natural and man-made processes. "Land disposal" of hazardous waste is defined in the U.S. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Types of...
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the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Dense nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs), have low solubility and are with viscosity markedly lower and density...
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The CHIPS and Science Act is a U.S. federal statute enacted by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 9...
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Energy Technology Engineering Center (category Industrial buildings and structures in California)
with the sodium and removes the hazardous residues. In 1978, in compliance with the new Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ETEC established...
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Material flow management (category Sustainability and environmental management)
flow management in its environmental policies with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976. This gave the government the ability the control...
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