ABSTRACT
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations call for cradle-to-grave management of hazardous wastes, i.e., they are to be tracked from the point of initial generation through storage and transportation, to nal treatment and disposal. As a rst step in this management framework (and as discussed in Chapter 11), the waste generator is required to determine if any solid wastes generated at their facility are hazardous so that they will be managed and tracked properly. Second, a waste generator’s responsibilities regarding storage, transport, and disposal options depend upon the volume of waste generated per calendar month. Hazardous waste generators are classied as large quantity generators (LQGs), small quantity generators (SQGs), and conditionally exempt small quantity generators (CESQGs), based on these monthly volumes.
