RCRA Hazardous Waste Final Rule: The E-Manifest System And Other Key Revisions - Concise Version

To address the large volume of municipal and industrial solid waste generated, the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, developed rules and guidelines in the Resource Conservation Recovery Act of 1976, commonly known as RCRA. These regulations give the EPA the authority to control hazardous waste and its generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal. This course explores the key facets of these regulations you must know in order to interact with hazardous waste safely.

For example, as an employee involved in the handling and storage of hazardous waste, your job should provide training in the procedures to be followed when performing particular job tasks. This RCRA training video instructs employees as to proper classifications for wastes, safe work practices for handling wastes, hazardous waste generator categories, and more. All of this information is critical for your safety, as well as the safety of those around you.

Hazardous wastes are an inevitable consequence of the manufacturing process. You must therefore know how to work safely with these potentially life-threatening substances, and you will gain that knowledge through this training lesson. Utilize the information presented here and gain a better understanding of RCRA regulations, and therefore a better appreciation of how to stay safe around hazardous wastes.

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Anyone working with or around hazardous waste

• Introduction
• Employee Training
• Listed Wastes
• Characteristic Wastes
• Hazardous Waste Generator Categories
• Satellite Accumulation Area Requirements
• Waste Container Labeling And Other Requirements
• Central Accumulation Area Requirements
• The E-Manifest System And Submission Process
• Summary

• HAZWOPER: Heat Stress
• HAZWOPER: Understanding Chemical Hazards
• HAZWOPER: Accidental Release Measures and Spill Cleanup Procedures