This Second Edition updates and expands the material presented in the bestselling original edition of Basic Hazardous Waste Management. The same practical approach is found in this new edition, making it an ideal textbook for students and an excellent reference source for professionals. Readers are provided with a broad overview of practices and techniques used in modern hazardous waste management, radiological waste management, underground storage tank management, and biomedical/infectious waste management. Fundamental issues are introduced, including hazardous waste site remediation technology and the application of federal statutes, regulations, programs and policies to the cleanup of hazardous waste sites; pathways and fates and the environmental impacts of released hazardous materials; and the roles of science and technology in the standards-setting processes. The book reviews the application of administrative law, civil and criminal sanctions, the roles of the courts, and the impacts of citizen suits in both historical and current regulatory contexts. Health and safety issues affecting hazardous waste workers are highlighted in a completely new chapter. This is an extremely important section, and an invaluable addition to the book.
The Hazardous Waste Perspective: Dawning of the Problem. Early Efforts -
What Worked/Didn't Work.
Definition of Hazardous Waste: The Chemist. The Life Scientist/Health
Professional. The Environmentalist. The
Legislator/Lawyer/Administrator/Diplomat. Implementing the RCRA Definition of
"Hazardous Waste."
Pathways, Fates, and Disposition of Hazardous Waste Releases: Releases of
Chemicals to the Environment. Movement, Fates, and Disposition.
Toxicology and the Standard-Setting Processes: Public Health Impacts.
Regulatory Application of Health Standards and Criteria.
Hazardous Waste Sources/Generators: The Generator Defined. Wastes Generated.
Regulatory Requirements. Generator Responsibilities for Restricted Waste
Management.
Transportation of Hazardous Wastes: Modes and Scope of Hazardous Waste
Transportation. Regulatory Structures.
Treatment and Disposal Methods and Processes: Administrative and Nontechnical
Requirements. General Technical Standards for Interim Status Facilities.
Hazardous Waste Treatment. Storage of Hazardous Wastes. Land Disposal of
Hazardous Wastes. Other Treatment and Disposal Methods. Land Disposal
Restrictions.
Hazardous Waste Minimization, Reuse, and Recycling: Waste Minimization
Techniques. Hazardous Waste Recycling. The RCRA Waste Minimization Program.
The Pollution Prevention Act of
1990. RCRA Regulation of Recycling.
RCRA Permits, Compliance, and Enforcement: Permits to Treat, Store, or
Dispose of Hazardous Waste. The Corrective Action Process. Compliance
Requirements of RCRA. Enforcement of RCRA Regulations.
Assessment Techniques for Site Remediation: Identifying Problem Sites and
Obtaining Background Information. Site Assessment Procedures in the Private
Sector. Compliance Inspections/Investigations by Regulatory Agencies. Site
Evaluation. Appendix - ASTM Standard Practice for Environmental Site
Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process.
Site Remedial Technologies, Practices, and Regulations: Remedial Objectives.
Onsite Remedial Techniques. Removal Technologies and Practices. RCRA and
Superfund Remedial Actions.
Medical/Biomedical/Infectious Waste Management: Definition and
Characterization of Medical Waste. Infectious Waste Management.
Radioactive Waste Management: Background. The Nature, Effects, and Management
of Radioactivity. Radiation Protection. Regulatory Structures. High-Level
Radioactive Waste Management. Transuranic Waste Management. Low-Level Waste
Management. Uranium Mine and Mill Tailings Management.
Underground Storage Tank Management: Leaking Underground Storage Tanks -
Problems and Causes. Protection of Tanks and Piping from Corrosion. Detection
of Leaks from Underground Storage Tank Systems. RCRA Subtitle I Regulations
and Requirements. Closure of Underground Storage Tank Facilities.
Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety: Hazards Encountered on Hazardous
Waste Sites. Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. The HAZWOPER
Summarized. Other Important Topics and Compliance Issues. Appendix A - OSHA
Workplace Standards Which May Apply to Hazardous Waste Sites.
Glossary. Index. Topics for review or discussion, references, and a list of
figures and credits are also included at the end of each chapter.
