The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule to revise the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act’s (RCRA) hazardous waste generator regulatory program. The update contains over 60 revisions and will be effective May 30, 2017. One of the EPA’s objectives of the revisions is to reorganize the regulations to make them more user-friendly and easier to understand for generators. The revisions also include changes that address gaps in existing regulations, provide more flexibility for generators to mange hazardous waste, and make technical corrections. 
Below is a list of some the program changes: Continue reading “EPA Issues Changes to RCRA Hazardous Waste Generator Rule”