| INCINERATION |
Burning of certain types of solid, liquid, or gaseous materials; or a treatment technology |
| USED OIL PROCESSING |
Chemical or physical operations designed to produce from used oil, or to make
used oil more amenable for production of, fuel oils, lubricants, or other used oil-derived products.
Processing includes, but is not limited to: blending used oil with virgin petroleum products, blending
used oils to meet the fuel specification, filtration, simple distillation, chemical or physical separation,
and re-refining. |
| CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) |
Codification of the general and permanent rules published in the
Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The Code
is divided into 50 titles which represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each title is
divided into chapters that usually bear the name of the issuing agency. Each chapter is further
subdivided into parts covering specific regulatory areas. The CFR title applicable for the Hazardous
Waste Report is '40,' as in 40 CFR 262.34. |
| ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) |
EPA, also called U.S. EPA, means the United States
Environmental Protection Agency. Some State environmental authorities may be called the EPA
also, as in 'Illinois EPA.' |
| PROCESS SYSTEM |
For purposes of the Hazardous Waste Report, a process system refers to one or more
units used together to treat, recover, or dispose of a hazardous waste. The process system begins at
the unit where the hazardous waste first enters and consists of all other treatment, recovery, or
disposal units downstream from the point of entry. Note that storage is not considered a process
system, except for storage at a bulking and re-shipping facility (H141).
Classify each process system with a Management Method code that best identifies the last
substantive purpose/operation it performs. For example, a process system to remove dissolved
metals from wastewater prior to shipping the sludge off-site typically includes equalization, pH
adjustment, chemical precipitation, flocculation, clarification/settling, and dewatering of the sludge
removed from the bottom of the clarifier. The chemical precipitation process best identifies the last
purpose of this treatment system - to remove metals from the wastewater. If this wastewater
treatment system is RCRA-regulated, it would be reported as H077 (Chemical Precipitation). If the
sludge will be disposed at the reporting site in a landfill, the code will be H132 (Landfill) and will
need to be reported on a separate GM Form because it is a residual from a treatment process.
However, this process is exempt if the treated water flows to a POTW or a NPDES outfall with no
RCRA-regulated storage or treatment units in the system, and should not be reported. A listing of
Management Method codes may be found further down in the 'Other Reference Information and
Code Lists' section of this booklet. |
| PROCESS UNIT |
For purposes of the Hazardous Waste Report, a process unit refers to a single type of
treatment (e.g., tank, distillation column, surface impoundment) in which hazardous waste is
treated, disposed, or recycled. |
| USED OIL MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES |
For the purposes of the Site ID Form, includes used oil transportation;
used oil processing and re-refining; burning off-specification used oil fuel; and used oil fuel
marketing. |
| CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION (CBI) |
Information a facility does not wish to make available to the
general public for competitive business reasons. Confidential Business Information (CBI) may be
claimed for certain information in your submittal. A claim may be made in accordance with 40 CFR
Part 2, Subpart B. |
| OI FORM |
Off-site Identification Form |
| INTERIM (PERMIT) STATUS |
Period during which the owner/operator of an existing TSD facility is treated as
having been issued a RCRA permit even though he/she has not yet received a final determination.
An existing facility should have automatically qualified for interim status if the owner/operator filed
both timely 'notification' and the first part (Part A) of the RCRA permit application. Interim status
continues until a final determination is made to issue or deny the permit. Owner/operator of new
facilities cannot by definition qualify for interim status; rather, they need a RCRA permit prior to
beginning construction of a hazardous waste management facility. |
| RCRA INTERIM (PERMIT) STATUS |
Refer to 'Interim (Permit) Status' definition. |
| UNIT |
Refer to 'Process Unit' definition. |
| HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSFER FACILITY |
Refer to 'Transfer Facility' definition. |
| HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTER |
Refer to 'Transporter' definition. |
| DELISTED WASTE |
Site-specific wastes excluded from regulation under 40 CFR 260.20 and 260.22. A
waste at a particular generating site may be excluded by petitioning the EPA Administrator for a regulatory amendment. These wastes are listed in Appendix IX of 40 CFR Part 261. |
| MANAGEMENT, OR HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT |
Systematic control of the collection, source
separation, storage, transportation, processing, treatment, recovery, or disposal of hazardous waste
(40 CFR 260.10). |
| DISPOSAL |
The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste or
hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such solid waste or hazardous waste or any
constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any
waters, including groundwaters. |
| HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE |
The holding of hazardous waste for a temporary period, at the end of which
the hazardous waste is treated, disposed of, or stored elsewhere. |
| HAZARDOUS WASTE NUMBER OR CODE, EPA |
The number (or code) assigned by the EPA to each hazardous
waste listed in 40 CFR Part 261, Subpart D and to each characteristic identified in 40 CFR Part 261,
Subpart C. The codes consist of one letter (D, F, P, U, or K) and three numbers. For a list of EPA
hazardous waste codes see the 'Other Reference Information and Code Lists' section of this
booklet. |
| EPA IDENTIFICATION (ID) NUMBER |
The number assigned by the EPA to each hazardous waste generator,
hazardous waste transporter, and treatment, storage, or disposal facility; United States importer of
hazardous waste; mixed waste (hazardous and radioactive) generator; recycler of hazardous waste;
exempt boiler and/or industrial furnace burning or processing hazardous waste; large quantity
handler of or destination facility for universal wastes; disposer of hazardous waste with an
underground injection permit; used oil transporter, used oil processor/re-refiner, off-specification
used oil fuel burner, used oil fuel marketer; eligible academic entity managing laboratory hazardous
waste under Subpart K; or site undergoing corrective action. Additionally, facilities that must notify
using the Site ID Form and Addendum to the Site ID Form that they are managing hazardous
secondary material will also be assigned an EPA ID number. |
