Development of Recycling Markets: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, June 13 and 19, 1991, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 657 pages |
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Page 488 - Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and West Virginia.
Page 476 - solid waste' means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, Including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities...
Page 343 - Part 266.40 (c), which states "used oil containing more than 1000 ppm of total halogens is presumed to be a hazardous waste." This means that used oil containing more than 1000 ppm of total halogens is considered a hazardous waste under federal regulations and must be disposed of at a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permitted facility. It is estimated tnat a quart of carburetor cleaner can contaminate a full 2000 gallon hauler's tank.
Page 205 - The Bureau of Solid Waste, Management of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare paid R to study the feasibility of a particular system for disposal of solid waste.
Page 476 - ... community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return, flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (86 Stat. 880), or source, special nuclear, or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (68 Stat.
Page 195 - HR 3736) before the SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS of the HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE for the US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE by Dr.
Page 650 - ... oil recycling activities. The Agency can and should prohibit or control used oil recycling practices that it determines will pose a potential hazard to human health and the environment even though such regulations would impede recycling. The intent of the provision is to make it clear that Congress ' paramount interest in regulating used oil is to assure protection of human health and the environment.
Page 526 - NRDC's testimony on this important issue. As you know, NRDC is a national non-profit environmental organization supported by more than 180,000 members and contributors dedicated to conservation of our natural resources and protection of public health. For the past two decades, NRDC's staff lawyers and scientists have actively sought enactment and effective implementation of Federal and State laws and regulations to ensure that the generation, management and disposal of all wastes...
Page 391 - The subcommittee will come to order. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio, Mr.
Page 80 - I would be pleased to try and answer any questions you may have. Mr.