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n: (GIN) an identification number required for producers of hazardous or acute hazardous waste that exceed EPA minimums under RCRA.

adj: involving or exposing one to risk. The lists of material or waste that are considered hazardous vary from agency to agency and from regulation to regulation: hazardous materials in transport are regulated by DOT;hazardous substances in the workplace are regulated by OSHA;hazardous waste is regulated under EPAs RCRA;toxic substances are regulated under EPAs TSCA;hazardous air pollutants are regulated under EPAs CAA;and so on. The hazardous list for that regulation is tailored to that purpose.

n: 1. any solid waste (solid" includes any solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material) resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, or agricultural operations, or from community activities, that meets certain characteristics of hazard (i.e., ignitable, corrosive, reactive, toxic) or that is listed as a waste from specific or nonspecific sources or that is a listed commercial chemical product or manufacturing intermediate that is sometimes discarded.2. (RCRA) discarded materials regulator by the EPA because of public health and safety concerns. 3. (HAZWOPER) a waste or combination of wastes as defined in 40 CFR 261.3, or those substances defined as hazardous wastes in 49 CFR 171.8.3. (CERCLA) those wastes listed in 40 CFR 261.3.

n: an operator that produces hazardous or acute hazardous waste. If the quantity of waste exceeds EPA minimums under RCRA, the operator must obtain a generator identification number and must meet other RCRA requirements. The hazardous waste generator must place hazardous wastes in proper containers;label the containers;ensure safe handling of the material;manifest shipments to licensed disposal sites;and report discrepancies in waste shipments to the EPA.

n: (RCRA) placement in or on the land;placement in a landfill, surface impoundment, waste pile, injection well, land treatment facility, salt dome formation, salt bed formation, underground mine or cave. or in a concrete vault or bunker intended for disposal purposes.

abbr: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

Recourse Conservation and Recovery Act.

n: (RCRA) a federal regulatory program designed to ensure responsible man- agement of hazardous waste at all levels of contact. i.e., generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal;regulates the management of onland disposal of all solid wastes. This comprehensive program is designed to protect human health and the envirorunent from the unintentional exposure to solid waste that is identified as hazardous waste." Also institutes a "cradle-to-grave" monitoring program that closely tracks and regulates the handling of hazardous waste from the time the waste is first generated until it is disposed.

n: (TSD) a facility that treats, stores, or disposes of hazardous waste above certain volume limits and beyond certain time periods. If hazardous waste is stored or collected for shipment, generators need to be aware that exceeding volume and time limits can cause a generator site to be classed as a TSD facility. RCRA places rigorous controls on TSD facilities and they must have permits.