Legislation Flashcards
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R.C.R.A stands for…
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) -1976
2
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R.C.R.A is…
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- Established office of solid waste within EPA
- Generators responsible from “cradle to grave”
- Cleans up current + active sites
3
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HSWA stands for…
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Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984
-land disposal facilities
4
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Treatment of waste must (2)
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- Diminish the toxicity of the waste
2. Reduce the likelihood of migration
5
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Minimum technology required for landfills (4)
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- Double liners
- Leachate collection systems
- Groundwater monitoring
- Leak detection systems
6
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Manifest System
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used to track all waste sent off site from the generator through ultimate disposal “cradle to grave” -RCRA
7
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C.E.R.C.L.A stands for…
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
8
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CERCLA does…
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- cleans up sites not under RCRA
- cleans up former operating sites that are now contaminated
- Superfund
9
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NPL - National Priorities List what does it do?
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- ranks sites by estimating the degree of risk each has
- blueprint to implement superfund
- provides framework for Remedial Investigation (RI) and Feasibility Strategy (FS)
10
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Superfund Process (8)
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- Site discovery
- Site placement on NPL
- Remedial Investigation - sources and level of contamination
- Feasibility Study - determines alternative remedies
- Record of decision(ROD) - Epa’s selected remedy
- Design of remedy
- Construction of remedy
- Long term monitoring of site
11
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PRB’s potentially responsible parties
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- present + past owners
- operators
- generators
- transporters
