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SOLID WASTE POLICY
Raven ElliottSummer 2008
Solid Waste Management Practices
Rama Yadav, Instructor
The purpose of this presentation is to explain through a student’s perspective
key factors of solid waste policies by exploring the federal and state’s role.
The Fundamentals Of the Word
Policy
What is a policy ?
defined as “a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc. textbook resources “policy statements specify operating procedures that should be generally followed by the agency” policy is synonymous with terms like plan, strategy, system, platform, and procedureMy definition: a policy is existent to give guidance and structure of how an act or situation should be handled in accordance to the policy maker’s vision
Introducing the Policy Makers…
EPA• Environmental
Protection Agency• 1970, the “White
House and Congress worked together to establish the EPA in response to the growing public demand for cleaner water, air and land.
TCEQ• Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality• Formerly the Texas
Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC)
• In 1993, created to be a “comprehensive environmental protection agency” for the state of Texas under the umbrella of the EPA
TCEQ puts programs in place that comply with
the EPA regulations.
What is Solid Waste ?
According to the EPA, a solid waste is defined as “Any garbage, or refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges that are point sources subject to permit under 33 U.S.C. 1342, or source, special nuclear, or by-product materials as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 .
Solid Waste
• Industrial solid waste is defined and regulated under a different criteria.
• If the solid waste is “listed” or carries hazardous characteristics then it is deemed hazardous.
Industrial Solid Waste
The EPA and
Solid Waste Policy
• the legislative level functions to establish the policy
• the executive level functions to administer the plans associated with the policy
• the judicial level deals with the enforcement of the policies
Office of Solid Waste
- a division dedicated to solid waste policy
2 Resources Concerning Solid Waste
1. Code of federal regulations (CFR)
2. Resource conservation and recovery act (RCRA)
CFR
• “codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government
• is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation
• Thus this is a source and a compilation of all the federal policies that are currently in affect.
• 40 CFR is the main regulation that deals with the Environmental Protection .
CFR
Select and search or browse available CFR Titles or volumes:
RCRA
• first substantial effort by Congress to establish a regulatory structure for the management of solid and hazardous wastes
• Implements the regulations found in 40 CFR
The TCEQ and
Solid Waste Policy
Texas Administrative Codes
Addresses Municipal Solid Waste Rules
Has several factors and applications of the TCEQ policy
concerning solid waste Gives the permits required,
waste collection, operations, and restrictions
All info found in Subchapters A-Y
Title 30 of the TAC Chapter 330
Texas Administrative Codes
Deals with Industrial Solid Waste Rules
Gives the permits, classification, storage, and other aspects of how the policy should
be followed
Title 30 of the TAC Chapter 335
Management of
Solid Waste Policy
Management of Solid WasteFederal
• RCRA subtitles C & D• Subtitle C contains regulations for
management of “hazardous wastes” from the cradle to the grave
• Subtitle D establishes criteria for disposal of solid (mainly nonhazardous) wastes, such as household wastes
• management for the– generators– transporters– Treatment facilities– Storage facilities– disposal facilities from start to
finish Under Subtitle D, the state and
local governments are the primary agencies for
management of non-hazardous solid wastes
State• Texas Solid Waste
Disposal Act • Presently is used as a
method in controlling the management of solid waste
The Technical View
EPA
Solid Waste Disposal Technical Manual
• used to help facilities achieve
compliance EXAMPLE:• technical criterion for how landfills
should be :– Designed– Operate– Implement pollution control
United States Solid Waste and EPA530-
R-93-017Environmental
Protection Emergency Response
November 1993Agency (5305)
www.epa.gov/oswSolid Waste
DisposalFacility Criteria
Technical Manual
EPA
Office of Research And
Development conduct “research that
provides the basis for the formulation of environmental policies and program
The EPA has even created :
TCEQ
Technical guidance documents relating from landfills to Nonhazardous
Industrial Solid Waste Surface Impoundments that
specify methods
In Conclusion:
• We now have a good idea what policy is in relation to solid waste
• It is clear why these steps have been taken to educate, administer programs, and enforce them
• EPA and TCEQ have both labored hard over the years to cover this topic of policy
• They both have put in place arrangements that create, approve, and implement policies
• They have both introduced policies that align with the focus of understanding and managing solid waste
• They have both produced technical guidance documents that channel the reader to the best path of compliance with the solid waste policy
these two entities are working together to
protect our environment
WORKS CITED
www.Dictionary.com June 26th,2008
www.Thesaurus.com June 26th,2008
www.epa.gov June 30, 2008
www.tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us June 30, 2008
www.TCEQ.com June 26, 2008
www.chemalliance.org June 26, 2008
www.gpoaccess.gov June 30, 2008
Pitchel, John, 2005. Waste Management Practices-Municipal,
Hazardous, and Industrial, CRC Press, 2005
O’Leary and Walsh, 1995. Decision Maker’s Guide to Solid Waste
Management. Volume II
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