ISAT 422: Industrial Environmental

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Solid Waste - Definition

“…solid waste means any garbage, refuse, sludge,…and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agriculture activities and from community activities…”

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Hazardous Waste - Definition

“…hazardous waste means a solid waste which because of its … characteristics may– cause, or significantly contribute to mortality or

an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness; or

– pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.”

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Management

Hazardous Waste Regulations and Permitting

Solid Waste Disposal Act– 1965– Amended in 1970 by Resource Recovery Act– Base law of RCRA

RCRA: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act– 1976– 1984 by Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments

(HSWA)

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Management

RCRA: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Various provisions:– Cradle-to-grave management of HW– Management of conventional landfills– Underground Storage Tanks (UST)– Medical Wastes– Standards for disposal facilities, transporters– Near-prohibition of land disposal of untreated HW

(“land ban”) Part A and B permitting process

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Management

Transporters of Hazardous Waste

RCRA– regulations at 40CFR Part 263

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act– regulations in 49CFR

EPA Identification number Labeling and placarding Duration of holding

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Management

CERCLA Comprehensive Emergency Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act, a.k.a. "Superfund”

1980 in response to Love Canal Focus on inactive sites (in contrast to RCRA),

land and sea NPL: National Priority List Provides for "immediate" cleanup of (imminent)

"release" from a "facility”

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Management

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1,623 Sites as of May 2007

One out of two Americans live within 10 miles of a Superfund site!

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Management

CERCLA (2)

Comprehensive inclusion of "hazardous substances," but excludes petroleum, and only those released to the "environment”

Potentially Responsible Parties (PRP) "Joint and Several Liability” Innocent Landowner defense: Due

Diligence and Phase 1 & 2 Site Assessments

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Management

CERCLA (3)

NCP: National Contingency Plan– Preliminary Assessment/Site Investigation

(PA/SI)– Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study

(RI/FS) [e.g. NPL?]– Record of Decision (ROD)– Remedial Design/Remedial Action (RD/RA)

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Management

Cleanup

HAZWOPER standards in OSHA Removal or on-site treatment/storage

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Management

Combe Fill South - Chester, NJ

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Management

Combe Fill South

ISAT 422: Industrial Environmental

Management

Combe Fill South PRPs ACTION TECHNOLOGY CO ANGAR SCIENTIFIC (FLUID

DYNAMICS) ATLANTIC HEALTH SYSTEMS BAILEY FUNERAL HOME BERLEX LABORATORIES BLACK RIVER VETERINARY HOSPITAL

BOEING COMPANY, THE BRONNER MFG & TOOL CO BROOKSIDE COMMUNITY CLUB CALCULAGRAPH CO CENTENARY COLLEGE FOR WOMEN CHESTER CLEANERS, INC. CHESTER HILLS INC CORDOBA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY DA-LOR SERVICE CO INC DAMON G. DOUGLAS DONALD GESELL, INC. DOVER DIESEL DUNWALKE FARMS (PRINCETON

UNIVERSITY)

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY FAR HILLS COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL FIRESTONE STORES

(BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE INC.) GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DIAMOND CO. GEORGIA PACIFIC HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY J. FILIBERTO SANITATION INC JETTRON PRODUCTS INC JOHN B. FILIBERTO JOSEPH C. FILIBERTO KAPPUS PLASTICS, INC. KATENA PRODUCTS INC KEVAH KONNER, INC. MEENAN OIL CO. MENDHAM GARDEN CENTER MENDHAM MEDICAL BUILDING

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Management

Combe Fill South PRPs MERTON EXCAVATING MORRISTOWN DAILY RECORD MORRISTOWN LUMBER AND SUPPLY NABISCO POLY MOLDING CORP. PRESTIGE IMPORTS INC. D/B/A

PRESTIGE VOLVO PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE QUICK CHECK RAWCO, INC. RCA SERVICE COMPANY (GE) ROYAL LUBRICANTS CO., INC SIMMONDS PRECISON MOTION

CONTROLS INC. STANDARD ROOFING INC.

STANLEY & ORKE, INC. STATE ELECTRONICS PARTS CORP SYLVAN POOLS TREND MOTORS UNIQUE SYSTEMS INC. USR OPTONIX, INC. VANGUARD OF CRESTWOOD, LLC WASHINGTON AUTO PARTS, INC. WELKIND NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL WOOLSULATE CORPORATION WYNDHAM INTERNATIONAL

(PARSIPPANY HILTON) YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC.