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                       Part III
                       Hazardous Waste Management...................................................................................................371


                       Chapter 11
                       Identification of Hazardous Waste .................................................................................................373
                       11.1  Introduction .........................................................................................................................373
                       11.2  The RCRA Subtitles............................................................................................................373
                       11.3  Subtitle C: The Hazardous Waste Management Program...................................................375
                            11.3.1  Definition of a Solid Waste .................................................................................375
                            11.3.2  What is a Hazardous Waste.................................................................................376
                            11.3.3  Exemptions and Exclusions.................................................................................376
                            11.3.4  Hazardous Waste Lists ........................................................................................377
                                    11.3.4.1 Hazardous Waste from Nonspecific Sources......................................377
                                    11.3.4.2  Hazardous Wastes from Specific Sources ..........................................377
                                    11.3.4.3 Discarded Commercial Products, Off-Specification Materials,
                                            Container Residues, and Spill Residues.............................................377
                            11.3.5  The Characteristic Tests ......................................................................................378
                            11.3.6  Ignitability ...........................................................................................................378
                            11.3.7  Corrosivity...........................................................................................................378
                            11.3.8  Reactivity.............................................................................................................379
                            11.3.9  Toxicity................................................................................................................379
                            11.3.10  Mixtures of Hazardous Wastes with Other Materials .........................................381
                            11.3.11  The Mixture Rule ................................................................................................381
                            11.3.12  The Contained-In Rule........................................................................................382
                            11.3.13  The Derived-From Rule ......................................................................................382
                       11.4  Generation of Hazardous Wastes ........................................................................................382
                            11.4.1 Quantities of Toxics Release Inventory Chemicals in Waste by Industry ............383
                            11.4.2  Quantities of TRI Chemicals in Waste by Chemical ............................................384
                       References ......................................................................................................................................384
                       Suggested Readings and Web Sites................................................................................................385
                       Questions........................................................................................................................................385


                       Chapter 12
                       Hazardous Waste Generator Requirements....................................................................................391
                       12.1  Introduction .........................................................................................................................391
                       12.2  Determining the Generator Category..................................................................................391
                       12.3  Generator Types ..................................................................................................................392
                            12.3.1  The Large Quantity Generator ..............................................................................392
                            12.3.2  The Small Quantity Generator ..............................................................................393
                            12.3.3  EPA Waste codes for common SQG wastes .........................................................394
                            12.3.4  The Conditionally Exempt SQG ...........................................................................398
                            12.3.5  Episodic Generators ..............................................................................................399
                       12.4  Requirements for LQGs and SQGs.....................................................................................399
                            12.4.1  The EPA Identification Number ...........................................................................399
                            12.4.2  Managing Hazardous Waste On-Site ....................................................................400
                            12.4.3  Requirements for New Tank Systems .................................................................403
                            12.4.4  Containment Buildings........................................................................................403
                            12.4.5  Emergency Preparation .......................................................................................404
                            12.4.6  Emergency Response...........................................................................................404
                            12.4.7  Personnel Training...............................................................................................405
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