Focusing on the "cradle-to-grave" program for managing hazardous wastes
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), this updated
edition of The RCRA Practice Manual is a comprehensive yet easy-to-use
guide to an extraordinarily complex area of environmental law. This
manual clearly explains this dynamic law, its background, regulatory
structure and procedures, and the implications RCRA has for your client
or company.
Chapters are written by an impressive roster of environmental lawyers
who practice extensively in this area, and the authors offer practical
suggestions and guidance to minimize the risk of penalty and to soften
the blow when liability cannot be avoided. There have been numerous
developments since the second edition, and every chapter has been
updated to address the important new interpretations of RCRA. Among the
new developments covered are decisions in cases involving the definition
of hazardous waste, EPA over-filing, citizen suits, cost recovery, and
preemption, while the regulatory developments include the EPA's revised
definition of solid waste under RCRA and the Sierra Club's challenge,
and the 2012 Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act.
The RCRA Practice Manual provides a practical examination of these
critical aspects of the program:
- An overview of RCRA and its relationship to other laws
- The scope of hazardous waste
- Generators and transporters
- Treatment, storage, and disposal
- Land disposal and corrective action
- Underground storage tanks and nonhazardous waste
- Enforcement and implementation
