Full Document:
RCRA Online Number: 14963
Title: EPA’s Response to Healthcare Waste Institute’s Request for a National Capacity Variance and Guidance
Document Date: 2024-03-22
To: Germain
From: Hoskinson
Description: This memo denies a request by the Healthcare Waste Institute for EPA to issue a national capacity variance for non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. It also responds to a request for guidance on various scenarios posed to the EPA that are related to RCRA generator status, Hazardous Waste Pharmaceutical Rule (Subpart P), episodic generation, and incinerator options available to generators.
Regulatory Citation(s): 260.10, 262.14, 266.501, 262.232, 262.231, 266.506, 261.4
Statutory Citation(s): 3004 Read US Code 42, Chapter 82
Official ORCR Policy: Yes
Associated Topic(s):
Very Small Quantity Generators (VSQG) (formerly Conditionally Exempt, CESQG),
Generators,
Hazardous Waste,
Land Disposal Restrictions |
