ABSTRACT
Other chapters of this book have discussed how to assess environmental media for environmental risk. This chapter discusses how to assess a facility for potential to generate environmental risk. Three forms of assessments will be described that are required under RCRA. RCRA compliance assessment evaluates a facility for compliance with RCRA requirements; RCRA facility assessment evaluates the liability assumed by sending waste to an RCRA treatment or disposal facility. Preemptive assessment of one’s own property evaluates it under RCRA authority to avoid future complications under CERCLA. Compliance assessment, facility assessment, and preemptive assessment will be discussed separately because each is unique in the depth of the analysis required and the disciplines that should be involved.
