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QUESTIONS

1. Identify the primary state and local regulations and agencies involved in MSW manage-
ment in your city or county. Who is primarily responsible for MSW recycling? Waste
reduction? Management of a landfill or incinerator?
2. Prepare a chronology of the development of MSW legislation in your state.
3. Discuss how the general public can become involved in the promulgation of RCRA
regulations.
4. Explain the difference between a law, a regulation, a policy, and a guidance document.
How do they differ in terms of enforcement capability?
5. Discuss the evolution of the waste regulatory process in the United States. Based on
industry trends and public concerns, how do you think the laws and regulations may
evolve in the next 10 years?
6. Define a solid waste and a hazardous waste in general terms. What materials do they
include? Then refer to Volume 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Review the defi-
nitions of a solid waste (Part 261.2) and a hazardous waste (Part 261.3). What materials
are included? What are some of the exemptions to the definitions of each?
7. What is the general relationship between RCRA and CERCLA? How do the two acts dif-
fer in terms of when the waste is generated and when it is disposed?
8. Using the World Wide Web, compare the regulations of three different states with regard
to management of MSW. How do they differ in terms of sanitary landfill siting, landfill
operation, siting of a composting facility, and recycling of electronics waste?