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Waste management guide : laws, issues & solutions
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- Creator
- Deborah Hitchcock Jessup
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, 1992
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 445 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780871797131, 0871797135
- OCLC
- ocm24669615
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 1. Federal Laws: An Overview. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). CERCLA (The Superfund Law). Medical Waste Management. The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. PCB Regulation under TOSCA. Ocean Dumping Laws -- 2. Rules for Hazardous Waste Management. Hazardous Waste Classification. Generators and Their Obligations. Standards for Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities -- 3. Nonhazardous Solid Waste: Guidelines and Rules. Federal Legislative Activity. Guidelines for State Solid Waste Management Plans. A Strategic Approach to Solid Waste Management. Solid Waste Facility Criteria. Council of State Governments Model Laws. Agenda For Action. Costs of Solid Waste Management. Risk Assessment -- 4. State Waste Management Programs. Solid Waste Management. Trends in State Hazardous Waste Planning. State Technical Assistance Initiatives. Pollution Prevention Laws -- 5. Air Emissions from Waste Facilities. Clean Air Act Rules. RCRA Rules Governing Air Pollution -- 6. Pollution Prevention. Pollution Prevention Vis-A-Vis Waste Minimization. Institutional Aspects of Pollution Prevention. EPA's Initiatives. EPA's Pollution Prevention Strategy. EPA's Pollution Prevention Research Program. Pollution Prevention Act Analysis. State Activities. Industrial Activities. A How-To Guide To Waste Reduction From Dow Chemical U.S.A. Regional And Private Pollution Prevention Assistance Sources -- 7. RCRA Hazardous Waste Minimization. EPA's Activities: An Overview. Conducting a Waste Minimization Audit. Model State Law -- 8. Industrial Waste Recycling. Waste Classification Rules for Recycling. Regulations For Recycling Activities. Waste Exchanges -- 9. Municipal Solid Waste Recycling. Source Reduction. The Recycling Advisory Council. Markets for Recycled Materials. Municipal Recycled Products and Markets. Other Recycling Activities and Issues. Community Recycling Programs -- 10. Hazardous Waste Pretreatment Requirements. Implementation of the Land Disposal Ban. Treatment Standards. Standards for Pretreatment Facilities. Pretreatment Methods. Pretreatment or Recycling -- 11. Disposal Facilities: Technical Standards, Issues, and Guidelines. Solid Waste Combustors. Hazardous Waste Incinerators. Industrial Boilers and Furnaces. Solid Waste Landfills. Hazardous Waste Landfills. Underground Injection Wells -- 12. Siting Waste Facilities: An Endless Pursuit. Citizen Activist Organizations. How Citizens View Risk. Rules of Risk Communication. Site Considerations. Site Studies. Public/Private Partnerships. Siting on an Indian Reservation. Reducing Liability Exposure -- 13. Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Case Studies. The Colorado Saga. Arizona's Stalled Hazardous Waste Facility. The Case of North Carolina