Committee on Risk-Based Criteria for Non-RCRA Hazardous Waste, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, D.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
National Academy Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[1999]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (1 PDF file (xvi, 219 pages)) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations.
SERIES
Series Title
Compass series
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Title from PDF title page.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
DTSC's proposed overall approach -- Scenario selection and modeling -- Issues of model application -- Meeting program goals.
0
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In the state of California, the management of wastes considered potentially hazardous is first regulated by the state in compliance with the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). For wastes that are not regulated under RCRA as hazardous, the state uses an additional classification system to determine whether such wastes pose a threat to human health and the environment. This report focuses on a new approach proposed for use in California to classify wastes that are not considered to be hazardous wastes under RCRA. As with RCRA, California classifies waste as hazardous or nonhazardous based on four characteristics: reactivity, ignitability, corrosivity, or toxicity. As part of its regulatory structure update process, the California Environmental Protection Agency's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has reviewed those characteristics and has undertaken to propose a new waste-classification system for hazardous wastes. The classification of a waste determines how the waste will be managed (e.g., storage, transport, disposal, reporting requirements).
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Risk-based waste classification in California.
International Standard Book Number
0309065445
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States., Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976.
United States., Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976.
California Environmental Protection Agency.
California Environmental Protection Agency.
California Environmental Protection Agency.
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (United States)