Hazardous Waste Identification
This online engineering PDH course introduces the hazardous waste identification process, describes how to determine if a waste is a solid waste, and provides the regulatory definition for hazardous waste. It also discusses those wastes specifically excluded from Subtitle C regulation and those wastes exempted when recycled.
Proper hazardous waste identification is essential to the success of the RCRA program. This identification process can be a very complex task. Therefore, it is best to approach the issue by asking a series of questions in a step-wise manner. If facility owners and operators answer the following questions, they can determine if they are producing a hazardous waste:
- Is the material in question a solid waste?
- Is the material excluded from the definition of solid waste or hazardous waste?
- Is the waste a listed or characteristic Hazardous waste?
- Is the waste delisted?
This 4 PDH online course is intended primarily for environmental, civil, and chemical engineers and other technical staff who are interested in determining whether a given waste is a RCRA hazardous waste.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Understanding the fundamentals of the hazardous waste identification process
- Learning the definition of the term "solid waste" as used by RCRA
- Learning the definition of hazardous waste
- Identifying listed hazardous wastes
- Identifying characteristic hazardous wastes
- Interpreting the 'mixture' and 'derived-from' rules
- Interpreting of the 'contained-in' policy
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