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ALABAMA DepArtMent of environMentAL

MAnAgeMent (ADeM)

The ADEM administers all major ederal

environmental laws, including the Clean Air, Clean

Water and Sae Drinking Water acts and ederal solid

and hazardous waste laws.

The ADEMs mission is to responsibly adopt and

airly enorce rules and regulations consistent with

the statutory authority granted to the Alabama

Environmental Management Commission (AEMC)

and the ADEM to protect and improve the qualityo Alabamas environment and the health o all its

citizens. It monitors environmental conditions in

Alabama and recommends changes in State law or

revises regulations as needed to respond appropriately

to changing environmental conditions.

Regulations Divisions include:

Division 1: General Administration

Division 2: Environmental Management

Commission

Division 3: Air Pollution Control Program

Division 4: Scrap Tire Program

Division 5: Uniorm Environmental

Covenants Program

Division 6: Water Quality Program

Division 7: Water Supply Program

Division 8: Coastal Program

Division 9: Well Driller Licensing Program

Division 10: Water Division Operator

Certication Program Division 13: Solid Waste Program

Division 14: Hazardous Waste Program

Division 15: Browneld Redevelopment and

Voluntary Cleanup Program

Division 16: Drycleaning Trust Fund

Program

For more inormation, visit www.adem.state.al.us.

ALASKA DepArtMent of environMentAL

ConServAtion (DeC)

The DEC conserves, improves and protects its

natural resources and environment and controls water,

land and air pollution, in order to enhance the health,

saety and welare o the people o the state and their

overall economic and social well being. Primary

services include:

Providing policydirection for the department,

and relentless coordination o investment and

service deliveryEnsuringthatpublicconcernsarefullyconsidered

in department decisions and actions

Establishing department objectives and assures

perormance

Serving as spokesperson for the Governor on

environmental matters

Issuing decisions on administrative appeal

requests

Adoptingalldepartmentregulations

Divisions include: Oce o the Commissioner,

Air Quality, Environmental Health, Inormation

and Administrative Services, Spill Prevention and

Response and Water.

For more inormation, visitwww.dec.state.ak.us .

AriZonA DepArtMent of environMentAL

QuALity (ADeQ)

The ADEQs mission is to protect and enhance

public health, welare and the environment inArizona. It administers a variety o programs to

improve the health and welare o citizens and ensure

the quality o Arizonas air, land and water resources

meets healthul, regulatory standards.

The mission o the Waste Programs Division

is to protect and enhance public health and the

environment by reducing the risk associated with

waste management, contaminated sites and regulated

substances. Core responsibilities include:

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Assuringtheproperhandling,storage,treatmentanddisposalofwastes,

and proper operation and maintenance o underground storage tanks

InvestigatingcomplaintsandviolationsofArizonassolidwaste,hazardous

waste and underground storage tank laws

Investigating,managingandremediatingsoilandgroundwaterthatare

contaminated with regulated and hazardous substances

Promotingpollutionpreventionandrecycling

Reviewingandapprovingconstructionplansforlandllsandspecialwaste

acilities

AdministeringpaymentsfromtheStateAssuranceFundforreimbursement

o eligible costs associated with removal and remediation o leaking USTs

The Waste Programs Division also reviews and approves construction plansor landll and special waste acilities. It also issues licenses and permits to

other solid waste acilities. The division conducts periodic inspections and

assists acility operators and other customers in complying with state and

ederal solid waste laws and regulations. Enorcement actions are taken in cases

o signicant non-compliance. The division advocates solid waste reduction,

reuse and recycling, and provides grant assistance to selected projects.

For more inormation, visitwww.azdeq.gov.

ArKAnSAS DepArtMent of environMentAL QuALity (ADeQ)

The ADEQ strives to protect and enhance the states environment through

regulatory programs, proactive programs and educational activities. While the

overview ocuses primarily on the Departments regulatory activities, almost

every area o the agency also devotes time and personnel to outreach and

education eorts.

The Solid Waste Management Division is responsible or regulating the

handling, processing, recycling, marketing o recycled materials and disposal o

non-hazardous solid waste. The Solid Waste Management Division is organized

into the:

EnforcementBranch

MarketDevelopmentBranch

ProgramsBranch

RecyclingBranchTechnicalBranch

For more inormation, visit www.adeq.state.ar.us.

CALiforniA environMentAL proteCtion AgenCy

The Caliornia Environmental Protection Agency is charged with developing,

implementing and enorcing the states environmental protection laws that

ensure clean air, clean water, clean soil, sae pesticides and waste recycling and

reduction. Departments are at the oreront o environmental science, using

cutting-edge research to shape the states environmental laws.

CalRecycle is the home o Caliornias recycling and waste reduction eorts.

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Ocially known as the Department o Resources Recycling and Recovery,

CalRecycle is a new department within the Caliornia Natural Resources

Agency and administers programs ormerly managed by the States Integrated

Waste Management Board and Division o Recycling.

The Web site is designed or Caliornia consumers, businesses, recycling and

waste-hauling industries, nonprot organizations, educational acilities and

others. Links lead to inormation on programs that are important to the long-

term vitality o Caliornias environment and economy.

For more inormation, visit www.calepa.ca.gov.

CoLorADo DepArtMent of puBLiC HeALtH AnD environMent

Its goal is to improve the quality o the environment and public health orthe citizens o Colorado by continuously improving eorts to ensure proper

management o hazardous materials and waste.

The Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division:

Regulates solid waste and materials management (recycling) acilities

and hazardous waste generation, storage, transportation, treatment and

disposal acilities

Ensures compliance with state hazardous waste regulations and permits

and oversees remediation o contamination at ederal acilities located in

the state

Assists in the cleanup o hazardous waste sites under the Superund Program,

and encourages brownelds redevelopment through implementation o

the Voluntary Cleanup and Redevelopment Act

Oversees management o radioactive materials and radiation services

Provides technical assistance to the regulated community and to local

agencies that must handle waste management issues and releases

For more inormation, visit www.cdphe.state.co.us.

ConneCtiCut DepArtMent of environMentAL proteCtion (Dep)

The DEP conserves, improves and protects the natural resources and environmento the State o Connecticut. The DEP regulates, monitors, inspects and enorces

and licenses procedures that help control air, land and water pollution in order to

protect health, saety, welare and natural resources. The DEP also improves and

coordinates the states environmental plans, unctions and educational programs in

cooperation with ederal, regional and local governments, other public and private

organizations and concerned individuals.

The Materials and Waste Management Division involves ensuring the proper

management o wastes, chemicals and other materials that is critical to the protection

o the environment, public health and saety. The DEP has several programs that

are dedicated to ensuring proper management and control o materials including

petroleum products, industrial chemicals, radioactive materials, pesticides, PCBs,

and solid and hazardous wastes. Collectively, these programs protect environmental

quality and public health by promoting waste minimization, recycling, benecial

use o solid wastes, and spill prevention and control methods.

For more inormation, visit www.ct.gov/dep.

DeLAWAre DiviSion of Air AnD WASte MAnAgeMent

Its mission is to optimize the air resources and waste management practices

within Delaware by working cooperatively with citizens and businesses toprotect public health, welare and the environment. It:

MonitorsDelawaresairqualityandregulateallemissionstotheairfrom

open burning to smokestacks

Plansforandrespondstoenvironmentalincidents

Regulatesthehandling,transfer,storageanddisposalofsolid,infectious

and hazardous waste

Regulatesaboveandundergroundstoragetanksandboilers

Overseestheremediationofsitesthathavebeencontaminatedbyhazardous

chemicals

EnforcesDelawaresenvironmentallawsandregulations

The Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Branch is responsible

or controlling the storage, transport and disposal o solid, inectious and

hazardous waste in Delaware and also coordinates recycling and yard waste

management. The branch is composed o:

TheWasteGeneration,TransportandProgramDevelopmentGroupTheWasteFacilitiesGroup

TheWasteReduction/Reuse/RecyclingGroup

For more inormation, visit www.awm.delaware.gov.

fLoriDA DepArtMent of environMentAL proteCtion

Responsible or environmental management and stewardship and is one

o the more diverse agencies in State government, protecting the air, water

and land. The Department is divided into three primary areas: Regulatory

Programs, Land and Recreation, and Planning and Management.

The Division o Waste Management works closely with the Departments

district oces to implement state and ederal laws to protect the environment

rom the improper handling and disposal o solid and hazardous wastes. This

includes regulatory programs or waste acilities and pollutant storage systems,

and non-regulatory activities such as nancial and technical assistance or

recycling and waste reduction. The Division also oversees and contracts or the

cleanup o sites contaminated with petroleum products, drycleaning solvents

or other hazardous wastes.

The Bureau o Solid and Hazardous Waste includes:

Hazardous Waste RegulationResponsible for the management of thestatewide Hazardous Waste program which includes interaction with EPA,

district oces and other department programs pertaining to Hazardous

Waste compliance, enorcement and permitting.

Solid Waste ManagementResponsibleforimplementingthestatessolid

waste management program.

Waste ReductionResponsibleforseveralwastemanagementprogramareas

including state-wide recycling and waste reduction, household hazardous

waste, mercury lamps and devices, batteries, unwanted medications,

electronics scrap, and certain pesticides through Operation Cleansweep.

For more inormation, visit www.dep.state.f.us.

georgiA DepArtMent of CoMMunity AffAirS

(DCA) environMentAL MAnAgeMent

The DCA helps with Georgias solid waste management eorts primarily in

our ways:

1. Planning the states solid waste management eorts and assisting local

governments in planning to meet their own solid waste management

needs.

2. Gathering, analyzing and dispersing inormation on the states solidwaste management and waste reduction eorts.

3. Oering technical assistance and training in waste management issues

or Georgias local governments.

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4. Educating Georgia citizens and businesses about waste management

and waste reduction issues through training sessions, media campaigns,

special events and the States Keep America Beautiul aliates.

The Georgia Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Act set a path toward

improved solid waste management in the state. Some o the key provisions o

the law are:.

Solidwastemanagementplanningatthestateandlocallevels.

A facility issues negotiation process designed to facilitate discussion

among interested parties on conficts related to the operation o solid waste

management acilities, such as hours o operation, protection o property

values and trac routing.

Certicationforalllandlloperators.Public education to be undertaken by the Georgia Department of

Community Aairs and its Georgia Clean and Beautiul program.

RecyclingbyStateagenciesinStateownedbuildings.

Banonyardtrimmingsfromlinedandverticallyexpandedlandlls(1992

amendment).

BanonleadacidvehiclebatteryandtiredisposalinallGeorgialandlls.

Mechanism for regional ownership and operation of solid waste

management acilities.

Localuserfees($1pertonofsolidwaste,paidtohostlocalgovernment

o solid waste management acility) to oset local government solid waste

management costs.

Creation ofa StateSolidWasteTrust Fund,nanced through a $1 fee

collected on each new tire sold within the state.

Annualreportingofsolidwastemanagementactivitiesandfullcostsby

local governments, with a compilation o these reports to be prepared by

the Georgia Department o Community Aairs.

Improved management and record keeping at solid waste handling

acilities.For more inormation, visit www.dca.state.ga.us/development/Environmental

Management.

HAWAii DepArtMentAL of HeALtH, environMentAL DiviSion

The Department o Health is entrusted to protect the health o Hawaii

residents through the protection o the states environment and through


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regulation o goods, services and acilities used by the general public. The Solid

and Hazardous Waste Branch, Oce o Solid Waste Management protects

Hawaiis lands rom pollutants that endanger people and the environment, and

to rehabilitate contaminated lands. It ensures environmentally sound and cost-

eective management o all solid and hazardous waste generated within the

State through promotion o pollution prevention and waste minimization, and

development o proactive partnerships with waste generators and the regulated

community. By aggressive enorcement o environmental laws and regulations,

this branch assists in the prevention o releases and the threat o release o

petroleum, hazardous substances, and other contaminants within authority:

Develop and implement pollution prevention programs targeting

reductionofwastegenerationandtoxicity.Provide oversight andsupport toimprove the operations of regulated

acilities and activities.

Preventreleasesofpetroleum,hazardoussubstancesandcontaminantsinto

the environment rom illegal or unpermitted activities and underground

storage tanks.

Provide technical assistance, education and outreach to the regulated

community and the general public.

For more inormation, visit http://hawaii.gov/health/environmental/environmental/

waste/index.html.

iDAHo DepArtMent of environMentAL QuALity (DeQ)

DEQ ensures clean air, water and land in the state and protects Idaho citizens

rom the adverse health impacts o pollution. As a regulatory agency, DEQ

enorces various state environmental regulations and administers a number o

ederal environmental protection laws including the Clean Air Act, the Clean

Water Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. DEQ manages a

broad range o activities including:

Assessmentofenvironmentalproblems

Oversight of facilities that generate air, water and hazardous wastepollution

Monitoringofairandwaterquality

Cleanupofcontaminatedsites

Education, outreach and technical assistance to businesses, local

government agencies and interested citizens

DEQs Waste Management and Remediation Division is responsible or

monitoring and controlling the generation, treatment, storage and disposal

o wastes in Idaho. The waste management group ocuses on ensuring that

wastes generated in or entering Idaho are managed and disposed in a manner

protective o human health and the environment. On the remediation side,

programresourcesaredirectedtorespondingtoexistingreleasesofhazardous

substances to surace waters, ground water or soils. The DEQs State Response

Program oversees the development and operation o municipal and non-

municipal solid waste disposal sites in Idaho.

For more inormation, visitwww.deq.idaho.gov.

iLLinoiS environMentAL proteCtion AgenCy: BureAu of LAnD (BoL)

The BOLs goals are to protect human health and the environment by

ensuring that hazardous and solid waste will be managed in a sound manner,and to reduce or control risk to human health and the environment by

overseeing the cleanup o contaminated sites.

The BOL is responsible or the protection and restoration o land and

groundwater resources in the State o Illinois. The BOL administers a broad

variety o solid and hazardous waste management and cleanup programs. BOL:

Ensures that hazardous and non-hazardous wastes are managed in an

environmentally sound manner

Encouragestherecyclingandrecoveryofwastematerialsthroughsuitable

incentive/disincentiveefforts

Providesremedialresponsesand/orprovideoversighttotheuncontrolled

releases o hazardous and petroleum substances into the environment

The Oce o Pollution Prevention (OPP) promotes pollution prevention (P2)

as the preerred strategy or environmental protection. Reducing or eliminating

pollution at the source is preerable to treating or managing it ater the act. P2not only can help businesses and others achieve better environmental protection,

but it can also help them save money, improve eciency and ease regulatory

concerns. The OPP promotes P2 through a variety o educational, technical

assistance, regulatory integration and voluntary recognition initiatives.

For more inormation, visit www.epa.state.il.us/land.

inDiAnA DepArtMent of environMentAL MAnAgeMent (iDeM)

The IDEM employs some o Indianas most qualied engineers, scientists and

environmental project managers specializing in air, land, pollution prevention and

water quality issues. Sta members work hard to provide quality environmental

oversight and technical assistance in communities and around the state.

IDEM implements ederal and state regulations to protect human health

and the environment while allowing the environmentally sound operations

o industrial, agricultural, commercial and government activities vital to a

prosperous economy.

For more inormation, visit www.in.gov/idem/index.htm.

ioWA DepArtMent of nAturAL reSourCeS (Dnr): WASte MAnAgeMent

The DNRs Waste Management section, within the Land Quality Bureau,is Iowas core agency or assisting businesses and residences with waste

management goals, while regulating solid waste acilities. It assists Iowa

citizens, businesses and communities in creating a cleaner environment and

stronger economy through sustainable use o natural resources with eective

waste management and pollution prevention activities. Links include:

ConsumersHowtomanagewasteinthehome

Regulated FacilitiesState and federal environmental regulation and

compliance assistance or permitted acilities

Schools and CommunitiesResources on how Iowa schools and local

governments can benet rom participating in waste management practices

Business and IndustryEffective and cost saving waste management

strategies or Iowa companies

For more inormation, visit www.iowadnr.gov/waste/index.html.

KAnSAS DepArtMent of HeALtH AnD environMent:

BureAu of WASte MAnAgeMent

The mission o the Bureau o Waste Management is to minimize the health and

environmental impact associated with the generation, storage, transportation,

treatment and disposal o all solid and hazardous wastes in Kansas.The Solid Waste Section o the Bureau o Waste Management administers

permits to ensure all solid waste acilities are operated in a manner that

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protects human health and the environment. Permitted acility types include

composting,construction/demolition,householdhazardouswaste,incinerator,

industrial, landfarm, medical waste, mobile tire processor, msw-exempt,

msw-subtitle D, solid waste processor, tire collection center, tire monoll,

tire processing acility, tire transporter and transer station. The Solid Waste

PermitsSectioniscomprisedofthreeunitsSolidWasteLandllsUnit,Solid

Waste Processing & Planning Unit and the Solid Waste Hydrogeologic Unit.

For more inormation, www.kdheks.gov/waste.

KentuCKy DiviSion of WASte MAnAgeMent

The Kentucky Division o Waste Management is a state agency operating

under the umbrella o the Kentucky Department or EnvironmentalProtection (DEP). The divisions mission is to protect human health and

the environment by minimizing adverse impacts on all citizens o the

commonwealth through the development and implementation o air, equitable

and eective waste management programs.

The division consists o eight branches: Program Planning and

Administration, Field Operations, Hazardous Waste, Solid Waste, Recycling

and Local Assistance, Superund, Underground Storage Tanks and the Directors

Oce. The Enorcement Branch was abolished and its sta transerred to the

Division o Enorcement.

For more inormation, visit www.waste.ky.gov.

LouiSiAnA DepArtMent of environMentAL QuALity:

WASte perMitS DiviSion

The Waste Permits Division within the Oce o Environmental Services

includes several sections that serve various unctions within the Department o

Environmental Quality.

The Solid and Hazardous Waste Permits section authorizes permits

administered under the Solid Waste and Hazardous Waste Regulations. In

addition, this section handles the registration, certication and closure o

Underground Storage Tanks. The Waste Permits Division also includes certain

engineering and geological sections that provide support to Solid and Hazardous

Waste Permits. These sections also provide other services throughout the State.

For more inormation, visit www.deq.louisiana.gov.

MAine DepArtMent of environMentAL proteCtion:

BureAu of reMeDiAtion AnD WASte MAnAgeMent

Directs the cleanup and mitigation o adverse eects associated with

uncontrolled hazardous substance sites; responds to discharges or spills o oil

products or hazardous matter; manages the generation, transport, storage,

treatment or disposal o hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, petroleum

products and biomedical waste; and administers the solid waste acility licensing

program, the asbestos abatement and lead abatement programs, and the sludge

and residuals land-spreading program. In addition, the Bureau provides sta

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support to the Board o Underground Storage Tank Installers and the Oil Spill

Advisory Committee. The Bureau is organized into ve divisions and two units:

TheDivisionofRemediation

TheDivisionofTechnicalServices

TheDivisionofOilandHazardousWasteFacilitiesRegulation

TheDivisionofSolidWasteManagement

TheDivisionofResponseServices

TheProgramServicesUnit

ThePoliciesandProceduresUnit

For more inormation, visit www.maine.gov/dep/rwm/index.htm.

MAryLAnD DepArtMent of tHe environMent (MDe)MDE protects and restores the quality o Marylands air, water and land

resources, while ostering smart growth, economic development, healthy and

sae communities, and quality environmental education or the benet o the

environment, public health and uture generations.

MDEs Solid Waste Program is responsible or assuring that societys

domestic, commercial and non-hazardous industrial solid waste is handled

properly. Improper handling o these wastes can pose direct threats to both

public health and Marylands natural resources, particularly water resources.

For more inormation, visit www.mde.state.md.us.

MASSACHuSettS DepArtMent of environMentAL proteCtion

Ensurescleanairandwater,thesafemanagementoftoxicsandhazards,the

recycling o solid and hazardous wastes, the timely cleanup o hazardous waste

sites and spills, and the preservation o wetlands and coastal resources.

The Bureau o Waste Prevention (BWP) protects public health and the

environment by ensuring that discharges and emissions, solid and hazardous

wastes, toxic chemical use, and the health risks associated with them are

reducedtothemaximumextentpossibleand,whenpollutionorwastecannot

be prevented, they are saely and eectively controlled or managed. BWPconsists o our divisions:

Planning&Evaluation

BusinessCompliance

Consumer&Transportation

BusinessReporting&FiscalOperations

For more inormation, visit www.mass.gov/dep.

MiCHigAn DepArtMent of environMentAL QuALity (DeQ):

WASte AnD HAZArDouS MAteriALS DiviSion

The DEQ programs that deal with waste issues include: Groundwater

Discharge, Hazardous Waste, Hazardous and Liquid Industrial Waste, Medical

Waste, Radiological Protection, Recycling, Scrap Tires and Solid Waste. On the

Websiteyouwillnd:permit/licenseapplicationforms;guidancedocuments;

state, ederal and local statutory and regulatory inormation; and grant and loan

inormation available.

For more inormation, visit www.michigan.gov/deq.

MinneSotA poLLution ControL AgenCy (MpCA)

The MPCA monitors environmental quality, oers technical and nancialassistance, and enorces environmental regulations. The agency nds and cleans

up spills or leaks that can aect health and environment.

TheMPCAworkswithmanypartnerscitizens,communities,businesses,

all levelsof government,environmental groups, and educatorstoprevent

pollution and conserve resources. These partnerships allow the agency to:

Fostergreatercommitmentandpersonalresponsibilityfortheenvironment

Worktominimizetheuseandgenerationoftoxicchemicalsfromproducts

and buildings

Helpothersconvertwasteintoenergyorhigh-valueproducts

Protect,restoreandpreservethequalityofMinnesotaswaters

DevelopsolutionstoMinnesotasclimate-changechallenges

The MPCA also works with industry, government and citizens to reduce and

manage waste.

For more inormation, visit www.pca.state.mn.us.

MiSSiSSippi DepArtMent of environMentAL QuALity (DeQ)

The DEQ is responsible or protecting the states air, land and water. The

mission is to saeguard the health, saety and welare o present and uture

generations o Mississippians by conserving and improving the environmentand ostering wise economic growth through ocused research and responsible

regulation.

The agency consists o our oces each headed by a director: Oce o

Pollution Control, Oce o Land and Waste Resources, Oce o Geology,

Oce o Administrative Services.

For more inormation, visit www.deq.state.ms.us.

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MiSSouri DiviSion of environMentAL QuALity:

SoLiD WASte MAnAgeMent progrAM

Ensures solid waste is managed in such a way that protects both public health

and the environment. The Solid Waste Management Program works hard to

help all Missourians better manage their solid wastes. Through the cooperative

eorts o citizens, businesses, industry and government, Missouri can continue

to increase material reuse and recycling rom all solid waste sources. Reducing

the amount o solid wastes generated remains the programs primary goal.

For more inormation, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swmp/index.html.

MontAnA DepArtMent of environMentAL QuALity

Protects, sustains and improves a clean and healthul environment to benetpresent and uture generations. Divisions include:

Enorcement DivisionFormal enforcement, inspection, monitoring and

training, third-party complaint investigations and emergency spills

Permitting and Compliance Home Permit issuance and compliance monitoring

or projects relating to air, water, public water supplies, solid and hazardous

waste, subdivisions, motor vehicle recycling, open cut, hard rock and coal and

uranium mines, and applicable acilities under the Major Facility Siting Act

Planning, Prevention and AssistancePlanning, policy and standards development

relating to air quality State Implementation Plans, water quality, non-point source

management, groundwater protection and solid waste management.

RemediationAbandoned mine reclamation, hazardous spill cleanup,

underground storage tanks and leaking underground storage tanks, petroleum

tank release compensation, Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act (ederal Superund), Comprehensive

Environmental Cleanup and Responsibility Act (state Superund).

For more inormation, visit www.deq.state.mt.us/deault.mcpx.

neBrASKA DepArtMent of environMentAL QuALity

The Nebraska Department o Environmental Qualitys ongoing mission is tothe protect Nebraskas air, land and water resources.

The Waste Management Division is comprised o two sections and one unit.

These include the Waste Management Section, the Remediation Section and

the Planning and Aid Unit. Both Waste Management and Remediation share

responsibilities or the hazardous waste, Superund, voluntary remediation and

integrated waste management programs. Several waste-related grant programs

are administered by the Planning and Aid Unit.

For more inormation, visit www.deq.state.ne.us.

nevADA DiviSion of environMentAL proteCtion:


Designed to help individuals, companies and governmental entities comply

with environmental laws and regulations contained in the Nevada Revised

Statutes and the Nevada Administrative Code. The mission is to preserve and

enhance the environment o the state in order to protect public health, sustain

healthy ecosystems and contribute to a vibrant economy.

The mission o the Bureau o Waste Management is to protect human health,

public saety and the environment, conserve natural resources by ensuring sae

management o solid and hazardous waste, and promoting waste reduction,reuse, and recycling. The Bureau is composed o two regulatory branches: the

hazardous waste management branch and the solid waste management branch.

Included within the solid waste branch is the recycling program.

For more inormation, http://ndep.nv.gov/index.htm.

neW HAMpSHire DepArtMent of environMentAL ServiCeS (DeS)

The mission is to help sustain a high quality o lie or all citizens by protecting

and restoring the environment and public health in New Hampshire. The

departments responsibilities range rom ensuring high levels o water quality

or water supplies, ecological balance and recreational benets, to regulating the

emissions o air pollutants, to ostering the proper management o municipal and

industrial waste, to managing water resources or uture generations.

Proper management o solid waste and the related acilities is one o New

Hampshires primary health and environmental priorities. The DES is the Stateagency responsible or overseeing the management o solid waste. Oversight o

the program is provided through the DES Solid Waste Management Bureau,

which manages the responsibility through a combination o permitting,

training, public education and outreach, and compliance programs.

For more inormation, visit http://des.nh.gov.

neW JerSey DepArtMent of environMentAL proteCtion (nJDep)

The Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Program has primary

responsibility or administering New Jerseys solid and hazardous waste

programs. The program regulates and permits landlls, resource recovery

incinerators, transer stations, recycling centers and hazardous waste acilities.

The program also administers the States recycling and solid waste planning

programs and the escrow account program or closed solid waste landlls that

ensures sucient unding is available to und the closure o the landlls.

The Bureau o Solid & Hazardous Waste Regulation ensures that solid,

medical and hazardous waste is collected, transported and disposed o in an

environmentally acceptable manner and in a competitive marketplace. It

oversees all economic regulation solid waste activities including:

FacilityrateregulationCollectorseffectivecompetition

CerticatesofPublicConvenienceandNecessity

Hostcommunitybenets

ReviewsBiennialHazardousWasteReports

Maintainsdatausedtoidentifygeneratorsthatmanagehazardouswaste

o-site, and transporters, storage, and disposal acilities which receive or

manage hazardous waste in New Jersey

Administersthelicensingofcompaniesengagedinthesolid/hazardous

waste business

Registerssolidandhazardouswastetransportervehiclesandequipment

The Bureau o Solid Waste Compliance and Enorcement:

Providescomplianceassistance

Investigatescomplaints

Conductsinspections

Issues enforcement documents, both formal and informal which may

include assessed penalties

AssiststheAttorneyGeneralindevelopingenforcementcasesandtesties

in court

NegotiatescompliancescheduleandpenaltysettlementsFor more inormation, visit www.state.nj.us/dep.

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neW MeXiCo environMent DepArtMent

The Environment Departments mission is to provide the highest quality

o lie throughout the state by promoting a sae, clean and productive

environment. It is committed to providing clear articulation o goals, standards

andexpectationsinaprofessionalmannersothatthecitizensofNewMexico

can make inormed decisions about the environment and their community.

The Solid Waste Bureau consists o the:

Permit Section: Technical review o permits, modications, renewals and

registrations, or landlls, transer stations, transormation acilities, air curtain

incinerators and inectious waste treatment processes. Approves closure plans,

ground water and methane monitoring plans reports, and oversees landll liner

and cap, and well installations. Enorcement Section: Conducts inspection o SW acilities and haulers,

investigates complaints, and prepares Notices o Violation and Administrative

Compliance Orders. Issues hauler registrations, reviews operation, disposal

management, contingency and waste excavation plans, and onsite disposal

requests.

Outreach Section: Provides recycling and diversion technical assistance.

Conducts certication training courses and other educational presentations.

Coordinates stakeholder outreach, manages recycling and tire grant programs,

compiles the annual report, and manages the tire registration and maniestingprogram.

Administrative Section: Supports the administrative and nancial needs o

the Bureau.

For more inormation, visit www.nmenv.state.nm.us.

neW yorK DepArtMent of environMentAL ConServAtion (DeC)

The DEC was created to combine in a single agency all state programs

designed to protect and enhance the environment. Its mission is To conserve,

improve and protect New Yorks natural resources and environment and toprevent, abate and control water, land and air pollution, in order to enhance

the health, saety and welare o the people o the state and their overall

economic and social well-being. DECs goal is to achieve this mission through

the simultaneous pursuit o environmental quality, public health, economic

prosperity and social well-being, including environmental justice and the

empowerment o individuals to participate in environmental decisions that

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The Division o Solid and Hazardous Materialsregulates and monitors solid

and hazardous waste acilities and generators o hazardous waste; controls

disposal o radioactive materials and use o pesticides; and promotes soundmanagement o wastes by communities, businesses and industries. Controls

hazardous waste rom generation, through handling and shipping, to disposal;

regulates the application o registered pesticides by certied applicators; oversees

cleanup o sites contaminated by radioactive material and regulates transport

or discharge o low-level radioactive waste and permits environmentally sound

solid waste management acilities, including landlls and incinerators.

For more inormation, visit www.dec.ny.gov.

nortH CAroLinA DepArtMent of environMentAL

AnD nAturAL reSourCeS (Denr)

The DENR is the agency or the preservation and protection o North

Carolinas outstanding natural resources. The organization administers

regulatory programs designed to protect air quality, water quality and the

publics health. DENR also oers technical assistance to businesses, armers,

local governments, and the public and encourages responsible behavior with

respect to the environment through education programs provided at DENR

acilities and through the States school system.

The Solid Waste Program regulates sae management o solid waste through

guidance, technical assistance, regulations, permitting, environmentalmonitoring, compliance evaluation and enorcement. Waste types handled at

these acilities include municipal solid waste, industrial waste, construction

and demolition waste, land-clearing waste, scrap tires, medical waste, compost

and septage.

For more inormation, visit www.enr.state.nc.us.

nortH DAKotA DepArtMent of HeALtH: WASte MAnAgeMent

The Division o Waste Management includes the hazardous waste program,

PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls), Brownelds, Underground Storage Tankprogram, antireeze registration, petroleum product testing, Solid Waste

Program, pollution prevention and abandoned automobile.

The Solid Waste Program (SWP) works with owners and operators o

land disposal acilities to ensure that all regulated solid waste activities in

North Dakota are conducted in compliance with North Dakotas Solid Waste

Management Rules. The SWP requires that all land disposal activities are

protective o public health and preserve water resources while promoting

resource recovery. The program also conducts operator training and certication

or landll sta or day-to-day operations o land disposal acilities.

For more inormation, visit www.ndhealth.gov/WM.

oHio environMentAL proteCtion AgenCy:

DiviSion of SoLiD AnD infeCtiouS WASte MAnAgeMent

Ensures proper handling o solid waste and encourages people to reduce, reuse

or recycle solid waste generated in Ohio. It issue permits to regulate landlls,

waste incinerators, transer acilities, composting acilities, scrap tire acilities,

construction and demolition disposal sites, inectious waste disposal sites and

industries that generate inectious wastes, such as hospitals. It also oversees state

and local planning or long-term solid waste management. Programs include:ComplianceAssistance&Inspection Support

Composting

Construction&DemolitionDebris

Enforcement

IndustrialSolidWasteLandllsInfectiousWaste

MunicipalSolidWasteLandlls

MunicipalSolidWasteTransferFacilities

ResidualWasteLandlls

ScrapTires

SolidWasteIncinerators

SolidWasteManagementPlanning

For more inormation, visit www.epa.state.oh.us.

oKLAHoMA DepArtMent of environMentAL QuALity

The mission is to enhance the quality o lie in Oklahoma and protect the

health o its citizens by protecting, preserving and restoring the water, land

and air o the state, thus ostering a clean, attractive, healthy, prosperous and

sustainable environment. Its vision is to eliminate the eects o unintended

consequences o historic development, to prevent new adverse environmental

impacts and to provide signicant input into national decision making, all the

while enhancing both the environment and the economy o Oklahoma.

The Land Protection Division inspects and permits hazardous waste and

solid waste treatment, storage and disposal acilities, permits and inspectscertain underground injection wells, manages radioactive materials, restores

contaminated land to sae and useul conditions and also coordinates agency

environmental education or K-12, higher education and the general public. It

also maintain lists o recyclers.

The Solid Waste Management section reviews permit applications and

writes permits or solid waste disposal sites including storage units, transer

acilities, recycling units and treatment units. It also conducts inspections o

solid waste permitted acilities, investigates complaints, regulates biomedical

wastes and controls non-hazardous industrial waste disposal.For more inormation, visit www.deq.state.ok.us.

oregon DepArtMent of environMentAL QuALity (DeQ)

The DEQ is a regulatory agency whose job is to protect the quality o

Oregons environment. DEQs works cooperatively with all Oregonians or a

healthy, sustainable environment. DEQ restores, maintains and enhances the

quality o Oregons air, land and water. DEQ is responsible or protecting and

enhancing Oregons water and air quality, or cleaning up spills and releases o

hazardous materials, or managing the proper disposal o hazardous and solid

wastes, and or enorcing Oregons environmental laws.Oregon law establishes a hierarchy or the management o solid waste. The

rst objective is to prevent the generation o the waste. I that is not possible,

reuseisthenextbestoption,followedbyrecycling,compostingandenergy

recovery. Sae disposal is the last option, i none o the others is easible.

For more inormation, visit www.oregon.gov/DEQ.

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pennSyLvAniA DepArtMent of environMentAL proteCtion:


Provides management oversight and support or the state: hazardous,municipal and residual waste programs; environmental cleanup programs;

municipal waste planning and recycling programs; and storage tank program.

Provides technical and administrative support to the Departments Solid Waste

Advisory Committee. Administers the host municipality inspector program.

Manages the HSCA (Hazardous Site Cleanup Act), Recycling, Solid Waste

Abatement and Storage Tank Funds.

The Municipal Waste Program manages and maintains the municipal

and residual waste program. Develops and maintains regulations, technical

guidance documents, orms and act sheets. Develops benecial use and generalpermits and issues authorizations or municipal waste, residual waste and waste

tiretransporters.Providespermitandtechnicalexpertisetoregionalofcestaff

relative to municipal and residual waste permitting issues.

The Division o Waste Minimization and Planning administers the municipal

solid waste planning, recycling and grant programs, resource recovery

development grants program, and household hazardous waste program.

For more inormation, visit www.depweb.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/

waste_management/14069.

rHoDe iSLAnD DepArtMent of environMentAL MAnAgeMent (DeM)

The DEM is committed to preserving the quality o Rhode Islands

environment, maintaining the health and saety o its residents andprotecting the natural systems upon which lie depends. Together with many

partners, it oers assistance to individuals, business and municipalities,

conducts research, nds solutions and enorces laws created to protect the

environment.

The Oce o Waste Management has two primary unctions:

1. To oversee the investigation and remediation o contaminated sites and

releases rom leaking underground storage tanks.

2. To regulate and permit acilities that accept or transport solid, medical or

hazardous waste or that store petroleum products in underground tanks.These unctions are divided into our programs:

UndergroundStorageTankManagementProgram

WasteFacilitiesManagementProgram

SiteRemediationProgram

SuperfundandDepartmentofDefenseProgram

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SoutH CAroLinA DepArtMent of HeALtH AnD environMentAL

ControL: BureAu of LAnD AnD WASte MAnAgeMent (BLWM)

The BLWM is located within the Oce o Environmental Quality Controland the three primary areas o responsibility are:

1. Management and coordination o all mining and waste-related activities

throughout the state including solid waste, hazardous waste, inectious

waste, radioactive waste and recycling activities

2. Implementation o corrective action or contaminated sites including

state and ederal superund sites, underground storage tanks, hazardous

waste acilities and drycleaning acilities

3. Coordination o statewide environmental emergency response activities.

For more inormation, visit www.scdhec.gov/environment/lwm.

SoutH DAKotA DepArtMent of environMent AnD nAturAL

reSourCeS (Denr)

The mission o DENR is to protect public health and the environment

by providing environmental monitoring and natural resource assessment,

technical and nancial assistance or environmental projects, and environmental

regulatory services; all done in a manner to protect South Dakotas environment

and natural resources or today and tomorrow while treating everyone as a

customerandexceedingtheirexpectations.

The Solid Waste Program is responsible or regulating storage, treatmentand disposal o solid waste in the state o South Dakota. In addition, the oce

provides technical assistance, issues permits, conducts solid waste acility

inspections and investigates solid waste disposal complaints.

For more inormation, visit http://denr.sd.gov.

tenneSSee DepArtMent of environMent AnD ConServAtion

The department is the chie environmental and natural resource regulatory agency

in Tennessee. It has delegated responsibility rom the U.S. EPA to regulate sources o:

AirpollutionWaterpollution

Solidandhazardouswaste

Radiologicalhealthissues

Undergroundstoragetanks

Watersupply

Groundwater

It oers a program ogrants and loans to assist local communities with the

development and maintenance o drinking water and wastewater inrastructure

as well as solid waste disposal, waste prevention, plus programs or recycling,

parks, greenways and trails.The mission o the Division o Solid and Hazardous Waste Management is

toprotectandenhancethepublichealthandenvironmentfromexistingand

uture contamination o the land through proper management and remediation

o solid and hazardous wastes.

Division activities are land-based, regulating both solid waste and hazardous

waste through specialized programs and unctions. These include landll

permits, hazardous waste permits, state remediation program, used oil

management, lead-based paint abatement, special waste, universal waste and

annual waste reporting.For more inormation, visit www.state.tn.us/environment.

teXAS CoMMiSSion on environMentAL QuALity

TheTexas Commission on EnvironmentalQuality is theenvironmental

agency or the state that strives to protect the states human and naturalresources consistent with sustainable economic development. Its goal is clean

air, clean water and the sae management o waste.

For more inormation, visit www.tceq.state.tx.us.

utAH DepArtMent of environMentAL QuALity

The mission is to saeguard human health and quality o lie by protecting and

enhancing the environment. The Solid Waste Section administers permitting

and compliance programs or non-hazardous solid waste treatment, storage and

disposal acilities throughout the State. Other areas o activity include technical

and public assistance. Along with the local health departments throughout

the State, the Solid Waste Section provides response to questions o improper

disposal o solid waste and assists citizens in proper methods o disposal.

For more inormation, visit www.hazardouswaste.utah.gov.

verMont AgenCy of nAturAL reSourCeS:

WASte MAnAgeMent DiviSion

The Waste Management Division oversees the use, treatment and handling

o hazardous and solid wastes. The Division perorms emergency response

or hazardous materials spills, issues permits or ederal and state programsregulating hazardous wastes, solid wastes, and underground storage tanks,

and manages cleanup at hazardous sites under state and ederal authorities,

including the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the

Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act

(CERCLA, also known as Superund).

For more inormation, visit www.anr.state.vt.us.

virginiA DepArtMent of environMentAL QuALity (DeQ):

WASte MAnAgeMent

Solid and hazardous wastes in Virginia are regulated by DEQ, the Virginia

Waste Management Board and the U.S. EPA. They administer programs

created by the ederal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act and the Virginia

Waste Management Act.

Solid waste is regulated under a number o dierent programs at DEQ.

These programs are designed to encourage the reuse and recycling o solid

waste and to regulate the disposal and treatment o solid waste including

regulated medical waste. Standards are designed to protect human health and

the environment.

For more inormation, visit www.deq.state.va.us/waste.

WASHington DepArtMent of eCoLogy

The mission is to protect, preserve and enhance Washingtons environment,

and promote the wise management o our air, land and water or the benet

o current and uture generations. In order to ulll its mission and move

Washington orward in a global economy, the Department o Ecology has three

goals:

PreventpollutionCleanuppollution

Supportsustainablecommunitiesandnaturalresources

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The Waste 2 Resources Program helps you gure out what you can do to

reduce solid waste and saely manage what remains. I not managed wisely,

solid wastes can contribute to air and water pollution, and pose a threat tohuman health.

For more inormation, visit www.ecy.wa.gov.

WASHington, DC DiStriCt DepArtMent of tHe environMent (DDoe)

Responsible or the natural and indoor environments in the District o

Columbia. DDOEs work includes direct assistance to residents and businesses,

policymaking, and monitoring and enorcement.

DDOE programs are designed to acilitate cleaner air and water, green

our neighborhoods and building space, and assist with the management o

hazardousandtoxicwastedisposal.Additionally,DDOEconductscommunity

and educational outreach to increase public awareness o environmental and

energy related issues.

For more inormation, visit http://ddoe.dc.gov.

WeSt virginiA DepArtMent of environMentAL proteCtion (Dep)

The DEP implements programs to control surace and groundwater

pollution caused by industrial and municipal discharges as well as oversight

o construction, operation and closure o hazardous and solid waste and

underground storage tank sites. The Division o Water and Waste Management(DWWM) administers these programs. The three oces that make up DWWM

are the Oces o Water, Waste and Environmental Enorcement or water

and waste acilities. The Division also works to protect, restore and enhance

West Virginias watersheds through comprehensive watershed assessments,

groundwater monitoring, wetlands preservation, inspection and enorcement

o hazardous and solid waste disposal and proper operation o underground

storage tanks.

The Division o Land Restoration includes environmental remediation

and special reclamation. It administers multiple cleanup programs including

brownelds, leaking underground storage tanks, hazardous waste, landll

closure and assistance, pollution prevention and open dump, and voluntary

remediation.

For more inormation, visit www.dep.wv.gov.

WiSConSin DepArtMent of nAturAL reSourCeS (Dnr)

The DNR is dedicated to the preservation, protection, eective

management and maintenance o Wisconsins natural resources. It is

responsible or implementing the laws o the state and, where applicable,

the laws o the ederal government that protect and enhance the naturalresources o the state. It is the one agency charged with ull responsibility

or coordinating the many disciplines and programs necessary to provide a

clean environment and a ull range o outdoor recreational opportunities or

Wisconsin citizens and visitors.

The Waste and Materials Management Program encourages management

o waste as a resource to help ensure a clean and heal thy Wisconsin or uture

generations. The goal is to increase waste material reuse and recycling

in Wisconsin by 30 percent. The Program develops policies and oers

technical assistance to actively encourage the reduction, recycling and re-

use o wastes as raw material or new products. It oversees management o

solid and hazardous waste through storage, treatment and disposal. It also

works with local governments to reclaim mining sites to valued naturalresources.

For more inormation, visit www.dnr.state.wi.us.

WyoMing DepArtMent of environMentAL QuALity (DeQ)

The DEQ contributes to Wyomings quality o lie through a combination o

monitoring,permitting,inspection,enforcementandrestoration/remediation

activities that protect, conserve and enhance the environment while supporting

responsible stewardship o our states resources.

Together,DEQsprogramsserveapproximately5,000businessesannually

operating over 28,000 individual acilities throughout the state. By minimizing

environmental pollution, enabling responsible economic development and

restoring previously polluted and hazardous sites, DEQ provides benets to

not just these businesses, but to the entire population o Wyoming, as well as

to all visitors.

The Solid and Hazardous Waste Division consists o ve separate programs:

SolidWastePermittingandCorrectiveAction

HazardousWastePermittingandCorrectiveAction

VoluntaryRemediation

InspectionandComplianceStorageTankProgram

For more inormation, visit http://deq.state.wy.us.

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