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Introduction <br /> Hazardous Wast • Historically hazardous wastes <br /> Handling Certification were not regulated. t '" <br /> • This resulted in many i <br /> environmental health and safety <br /> problems such as: <br /> —Love Canal <br /> Times Beach <br /> Fairchild Superfund Site <br /> JM_ <br /> I <br /> i <br /> Regulatory Overview Regulatory Overview <br /> • The first comprehensive federal effort to protect the RCRA apples to anyone who: <br /> environment from improper disposal of hazardous <br /> waste was the Resource Conservation and Recovery —Generates hazardous waste ,;. <br /> Act(RCRA)of 1976. —Stores hazardous waste <br /> —RCRA regulates hazardous wastes from the point of —Transports hazardous waste <br /> generation to the point of disposal —Treats hazardous waste,or <br /> —This has been called the"Cradle to Grave"management _ <br /> approach —Disposes of hazardous waste <br /> —When the federal version was passed the law was amended <br /> to designate California only regulated wastes(Non-RCRA <br /> waste) s- ,wr�l: <br /> I <br /> i <br /> i <br /> Enforcement COPA <br /> • Federally,the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)is DTSC has delegated the responsibility of enforcing <br /> responsible for enforcing environmental regulations Cal/EPA regulations to local CUPA's(Certified Unified <br /> listed under Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations Program Agencies). <br /> (CFR). The six programs enforced by CUPA's are: <br /> • in California the state is responsible for enforcing safety —Hazardous waste Generators and Hazardous Waste Onsite Treatment <br /> and environmental regulations. —underground storage Tanks(UST) <br /> —Above Ground Tanks(Spill Prevention Countermeasure Control Pian) <br /> —Cal/EPA's Department of Toxic Substance Control(DTSC)was —Hazardous Material Release Response Plans and Inventories <br /> given the responsibility to enforce the environmental —Risk Management and Prevention Program(RMPP) <br /> regulations under Title 22 of the California Code of — Hazardous Materials Management Plans and Inventories(HMMP) <br /> Regulations. <br /> i <br /> 1 <br />