Full Document:
RCRA Online Number: 14943
Title: Frequently Asked Questions about Large Quantity Generator Quick Reference Guides
Document Date: 2022-04-19
To: RCRA Directors, EPA Regions 1–10
From: Hoskinson
Organization of Recipient: EPA
Description: This memo is intended to clarify the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regarding the Quick Reference Guide (QRG) provisions of the emergency planning requirements for large quantity generators (LQGs) of hazardous waste by providing answers to several frequently asked questions. The QRG requirement for LQGs was finalized in the 2016 Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule (81 FR 85732; November 28, 2016) and requires LQGs to submit a summary of their contingency plan (i.e., a QRG) to their local emergency responders when they submit or amend their contingency plan. The new QRG requirement is more stringent than the base program and all authorized states must adopt this requirement or have a functional equivalent provision in their regulations.
Regulatory Citation(s): 262.256, 262.17(a)(5), 262.15(a)(5), 262.16(b)(6), 262.262, 262.263(c) 
Official ORCR Policy: Yes
Associated Topic(s):
Compliance,
Generators,
Hazardous Waste,
Identification of Hazardous Waste,
Large Quantity Generators (LQG) |
