TABLE OF CONTENTS Barbara Foster
Edward W. Repa
There is a plethora of regulations at the federal level that impact the management and disposal of municipal solid waste. Many of these regulations have been in effect for years and further updates to this chapter will be needed as the regulations are updated. This chapter covers only the more important regulations that have been developed over the past few years that affect solid waste management. Readers are encouraged to refer to the environmental statutes for a complete list of laws and regulations affecting the industry or contact any of the organizations listed in App. D.
These regulations have been authorized by numerous pieces of legislation and include the following:
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) guidelines
Flow control implications (court cases)
On October 21, 1976, Congress passed the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which has since been amended numerous times. RCRA for the first time divided the management of waste into two main categories: (1) Subtitle C Hazardous Waste, and (2) Subtitle D Non-Hazardous Waste. RCRA directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate criteria within a year for determining which facilities should be classified as sanitary landfills and which should be classified as open dumps.
Section 239. Specifies requirements that state permit programs must meet to be determined adequate by the EPA. The section also specifies the procedure...
