Guidebook of Practices for Improving Environmental Performance at Small Airports (2010) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:
Pages 70-82
The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.
From page 70... ...
70 CHAPTER 7 Waste Management The operations at small airports generate waste subject to federal, state, and local waste management regulations. Across all industries, the management of waste is heavily regulated in response to past detrimental impacts to human health and environment associated with waste disposal practices.
|
From page 71... ...
Waste Management 71 While only three questions, the process for identifying hazardous waste is complex and requires direct consultation with the applicable regulations and hazardous waste determination guidance. Several EPA guidance documents are identified in this chapter as additional resources.
|
From page 72... ...
72 Guidebook of Practices for Improving Environmental Performance at Small Airports International flights carrying hazardous materials (see Section 4.5) may be subject to the hazardous waste generator and management requirements.
|
From page 73... ...
operations and community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage. • Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest -- EPA form 8700-22 and any continuation sheet attached to the form that provides information about the generator of the waste; the facility receiving the waste; the nature of and quantity of the waste; shipping container types and numbers; and shipping method.
|
From page 74... ...
74 Guidebook of Practices for Improving Environmental Performance at Small Airports accumulation time should also be marked on each package so that the 1-year storage timeframe (beginning with the date the first universal waste is stored) is not exceeded.
|
From page 75... ...
Waste Management 75 • Universal Waste -- Any of the following hazardous wastes that are managed under the universal waste requirements: batteries, pesticides, mercurycontaining equipment, and lamps. • Universal Waste Handler -- A generator of universal waste; or the owner or operator of a facility, including all contiguous property, that receives universal waste from other universal waste handlers, accumulates universal waste, and sends universal waste to another universal waste handler, to a destination facility, or to a foreign destination.
|
From page 76... ...
resultant mixture is then considered a RCRA hazardous waste. This presumption can be rebutted if data exists demonstrating that the used oil was not mixed with halogenated hazardous waste.
|
From page 77... ...
consolidate or aggregate loads of used oil for purposes of transportation but may not process used oil. Transporters may conduct incidental processing operations that occur in the normal course of used oil transportation (e.g., settling and water separation)
|
From page 78... ...
Small Airport Applicability At airports, the primary PCB-regulated activities include marking, storage, and disposal. Particularly, PCBs may be present in older electrical equipment, such as lighting ballasts, transformers, and capacitors.
|
From page 79... ...
unintentionally contains or has as a part of it any PCBs subject to PCB storage and disposal requirements. Additional Resources • 40 CFR 761 • General PCB Information http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/hazard/tsd/pcbs/pubs/about.htm • January 2009 PCB Question and Answer Manual http://www.epa.gov/waste/hazard/tsd/pcbs/pubs/qacombined.pdf • TSCA Disposal Requirements for Fluorescent Light Ballasts http://www.epa.gov/waste/hazard/tsd/pcbs/pubs/ballastchart.pdf 7.5 Asbestos Containing Material Management Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, as Amended TSCA authorized EPA to develop regulations for managing asbestos, a fiber mineral that when inhaled can cause respiratory diseases.
|
From page 80... ...
Stickers or tags must be placed directly on the visible exterior of wrappings and packaging. Labels must be attached so they cannot be removed without defacing or destroying the wrappings or packaging.
|
From page 81... ...
7.6 Lead Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, as Amended Historically lead has been used in a variety of industrial and consumer products. Lead was used in lead-based paints prior to a ban in 1978, as an additive to gasoline prior to a ban in 1996.
|
From page 82... ...
Key Terms • Abatement -- Any measure or set of measures designed to permanently eliminate lead-based paint or other hazards. • Child-occupied Facility -- Building constructed prior to 1978 that is visited regularly by the same child, under 6 years of age, on at least two different days within any week (Sunday through Saturday period)
|
Key Terms
This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More
information on Chapter Skim is available.