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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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 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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    The 1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) provides for federal regulation of industrial, household, and manufacturing solid and hazardous...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • industrial, manufacturing, and commercial solid and hazardous wastes under the 1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Effective solid waste...
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    Control and Prevention, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Food and Drug Administration. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - current...
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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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    Area 51 (category Buildings and structures in Lincoln County, Nevada)
    illegally handled toxic materials and that the EPA had failed in its duty to enforce the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act which governs the handling of...
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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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    Clean Air Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. The NEPA...
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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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    Act, Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Superfund, Toxics Substances Control Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act....
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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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  • Water Act Safe Drinking Water Act Clean Air Act 1970 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability...
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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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  • 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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  • Survey and other organizations are available to the public in several online databases. Congress passed the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)...
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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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    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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