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EPA/SWER | RIN: 2050-AG18 | Publication ID: Spring 2009 |
Title: Rulemaking to Streamline Laboratory Waste Management in Academic and Research Laboratories | |
Abstract: The College and University Laboratory rulemaking focuses on the ways to make the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act a better fit for the laboratory setting and to improve reuse, recycling, and the overall management of chemicals in the laboratory settings. EPA recognizes the unique aspects of academic laboratories compared with large manufacturing processes. For example, academic laboratories generate small amounts of many different wastes while large manufacturing processes tend to generate large amounts of a few wastes. Our goal is to improve the program to better protect human health and the environment, through standards that are harmonious with the way academic laboratories operate. Our aim is to improve compliance, not by relaxing the standards, but by providing greater flexibility in managing laboratory hazardous wastes; thereby, creating opportunities for more efficient and effective management of these wastes. | |
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 262 | |
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6922 |
Legal Deadline:
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Additional Information: SAN No. 4920; EPA publication information: NPRM - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WASTE/2006/May/Day-23/f4654.htm; The Agency is developing an action to publish data we have on government research laboratories, to solicit comment on the data's accuracy and to solicit comment on the number of students in government research laboratories. See SAN 4920.1.; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-RCRA-2003-0012 | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
Sectors Affected: 6112 Junior Colleges; 6113 Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Patricia Mercer Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste and Emergency Response 5304P, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:703 308-8408 Fax:703 308-0522 Email: mercer.patricia@epa.gov Kristin Fitzgerald Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste and Emergency Response 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5304P, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:703 308-8286 Fax:703 308-0514 Email: fitzgerald.kristin@epa.gov |