Solid & Hazardous Waste Management - EH 373

These flashcards cover key concepts regarding solid and hazardous waste management characteristics, regulations, and testing procedures.

What is a hazardous waste characteristic?

A property which indicates that the waste poses a sufficient threat to merit regulation as hazardous.

What are the four characteristics of hazardous waste?

Ignitability, Corrosivity, Reactivity, Toxicity.

What is the waste code for ignitable wastes?

D001.

What criteria does the EPA use to identify corrosive hazardous wastes?

Aqueous wastes with a pH ≥12.5 or ≤2, or the ability to corrode steel at a rate of 6.35 mm per year.

What does a TCLP test determine?

Whether the leachate from a waste contains any of 39 different toxic chemicals above a specified regulatory level.

What is the waste code for corrosive wastes?

D002.

What is the definition of reactive waste according to the EPA?

A waste that readily explodes or undergoes violent reactions.

What is the waste code for reactive wastes?

D003.

What is the purpose of the mixture and derived-from rules?

To determine the regulatory status of wastes that change after being identified as hazardous.

What happens to a waste made from mixing hazardous and nonhazardous waste?

It is considered a listed hazardous waste regardless of its actual threat.

What exemption does the EPA provide for the mixture rule?

For small quantities of listed hazardous wastes routed to large-volume wastewater treatment systems.

What characterizes RCRA mixed waste?

Waste that is both hazardous and radioactive.