Waste Handling


Maine Storage Owner Pays for Chemical Reporting Violations

The owner of a storage facility in Bangor, Maine, will pay a fine of $17,121 to settle EPA claims that it violated chemical reporting requirements.

Sept. 4 New Deadline for Proposed Cement Rule Comments

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency extended the deadline to comment on a proposal to slash mercury emissions from Portland cement kilns.

Clean Harbors Opens Service Center in Cross Lanes, W.V.

Clean Harbors' new service center will serve West Virginia, southeastern Ohio, and northeastern Kentucky.

States, EPA Enforce Fluorescent Recycling Laws

Residents may not be aware of bans on fluorescent lamp disposal in nine states.

Grand Jury Indicts Refuse Container Repair Company Executives

A Chicago grand jury found that managers of an Illinois company conspired and schemed to defraud the city on a refuse cart repair contract.

Storing Ash Safely

Many landfills and retention ponds used to store fly ash are aging, having been designed and constructed as far back as the 1950s using unsophisticated and less rigorous methods than those used today.

Regional Office Hosts PCB Challenge Conference

EPA's mid-Atlantic office will answer questions about PCB regulatory issues in a one-day conference meeting.



Ashland Offers Hazwaste Management Training

Ashland Distribution, a company that distributes chemicals, plastics, and composite raw materials, will offer hazardous waste management training.

Bar Harbor Lab Settles over RCRA, EPCRA Violations

The Jackson Laboratory will pay $161,680 to settle claims it violated hazardous waste storage and handling regulations.

Navajo Nation to Inspect Underground Storage Tanks

The Navajo Nation EPA will inspect underground storage tanks for the U.S. EPA in a two-year pilot program.

New RFID Tracks, Monitors Nuclear Materials

DOE's Argonne National Laboratory has developed an RFID technology to monitor containers of nuclear materials.

Chemical Continuum

Industrial research labs often manage chemical and hazardous waste storage and removal separately, using different contractors at various points in the handling process.