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Understanding the RCRA corrective action process
Author(s) -
McCullough Matthew L.,
Morabito Joseph R.,
Rodriguez Thomas E.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
remediation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6831
pISSN - 1051-5658
DOI - 10.1002/rem.3440040104
Subject(s) - hazardous waste , superfund , resource conservation and recovery act , remedial action , underground storage tank , waste management , process (computing) , environmental science , business , engineering , contamination , computer science , storage tank , ecology , biology , operating system , environmental remediation
Abstract The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) was enacted in 1976. The Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 1984 specify “corrective action” requirements for protecting human health and the environment from environmental contamination at active hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities. RCRA and its corrective action requirements are designed to prevent the creation of new Superfund sites by regulating and remediating active facilities. The RCRA corrective action process has four basic components: the facility assessment, facility investigation, corrective measures study, and corrective measures implementation. This article presents an overview of the RCRA corrective action process and presents four case studies from three U.S. EPA regions.