Title Risk-based waste classification in California / Committee on Risk-Based Criteria for Non-RCRA Hazardous Waste, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [1999]

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Description 1 online resource (1 PDF file (xvi, 219 pages)) : illustrations Series Compass series Compass series (Washington, D.C.) Contents DTSC's proposed overall approach -- Scenario selection and modeling -- Issues of model application -- Meeting program goals Summary In the state of California, the management of wastes considered potentially hazardous is first regulated by the state in compliance with the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). For wastes that are not regulated under RCRA as hazardous, the state uses an additional classification system to determine whether such wastes pose a threat to human health and the environment. This report focuses on a new approach proposed for use in California to classify wastes that are not considered to be hazardous wastes under RCRA. As with RCRA, California classifies waste as hazardous or nonhazardous based on four characteristics: reactivity, ignitability, corrosivity, or toxicity. As part of its regulatory structure update process, the California Environmental Protection Agency's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has reviewed those characteristics and has undertaken to propose a new waste-classification system for hazardous wastes. The classification of a waste determines how the waste will be managed (e.g., storage, transport, disposal, reporting requirements) Notes Title from PDF title page Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes This project was supported by Research Agreement No. 98RA1539 between the National Academy of Sciences and the University of California. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author[s] and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project Version viewed January 28, 2015 Subject United States. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976. California Environmental Protection Agency. Department of Toxic Substances Control. SUBJECT United States. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 California Environmental Protection Agency. Department of Toxic Substances Control California Environmental Protection Agency. Department of Toxic Substances Control fast Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (United States) fast Subject Hazardous wastes -- California -- Classification Risk assessment -- California Hazardous Waste -- classification Hazardous Substances -- classification Waste Management -- legislation & jurisprudence TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Waste Management. Hazardous wastes Risk assessment SUBJECT California https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002140 Subject California Genre/Form Classification Form Electronic book Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Risk-Based Criteria for Non-RCRA Hazardous Waste, issuing body. LC no. 00501529 ISBN 0585085781 9780585085784 9786610185900 6610185905

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