Hazardous waste
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Tennessee Incinerator Set to Shut Down End of November...closing was scheduled for the end of last month, but officials say it will now be Nov. 30. More than 30 million pounds of hazardous waste has been burned at the Oak Ridge facilities over the past two decades. Information from:... In this article: Tennessee, Knoxville News Sentinel, Toxic waste, Waste, Hazardous waste, and Mercury |
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bizjournals: Local Business News | 3 days ago
Celtic Painting to pay $28,600 in settlement
...Watson Industrial Drive location and found this facility wasn't registered as a generator of hazardous waste and operated as a storage facility for hazardous waste without a permit. With state direction and oversight, the company...
In this article: St. Louis, Waste, and Chris Koster
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Detroit News | 6 days ago
Debate rages over coal ash power plant waste
"Concentration is the key," said Consumers Energy officials in a written response to questions from The Detroit News. "Coal ash is not a hazardous waste because the concentrations of hazardous materials ... are generally less than one-tenth...
In this article: Coal, EPA, Arsenic, Consumers Energy, DTE Energy, Mercury, Lake Michigan, and Environmental Protection Agency
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Baltimore Sun | 6 days ago
Jerry J. Ditzel Jr., business owner
Jerry J. Ditzel Jr., co-owner of a hazardous waste removal company and an avid golfer, died Nov. 7 from a brain tumor at his Severna Park home. He was 66. Mr. Ditzel was born in Baltimore and raised in the Lakeland neighborhood in...
In this article: Baltimore and University of Baltimore
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AP Online | 6 days ago
Frontier refinery plans to fight $6.8M EPA fine
...says it plans to fight the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's nearly $7 million fine levied in late September for allegedly dumping hazardous waste into a pond designed to hold storm water. Gerald Faudel, Frontier Oil Corp.'s vice...
In this article: EPA, Wyoming, and Toxic waste
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Arkansas Democrat Gazette | November 14, 2009
CLICK & CLACK'S CAR TALK
...box. The material - the cardboard - gets recycled and reused for something else. RAY: TOM: When you have hazardous waste, like oil, it has to be disposed of properly. So the owner of the garage has to pay a licensed handler to come and...
In this article: Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi, Ford F-100, Iowa, All rights reserved, Waste, and Oxygen
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The Salt Lake Tribune | November 13, 2009
Waste fees subsidizing general state operations
...waste fees into general fund, group says. Updated: 11/14/2009 12:10:31 AM MST It's been a long-standing principle in Utah to have hazardous waste operators cover the cost of state oversight. But with the economic slump and waste fees...
In this article: Waste, Clean Harbors, Revenue, Ronda Menlove, Mercury, and Utah Legislature
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AP Online | November 13, 2009
Utah OKs settlement with waste incinerator
...to detect potentially explosive contaminants Scott Anderson, manager of the state's hazardous waste branch, said it's one of the largest hazardous waste settlements ever reached in Utah. The incinerator - which has changed hands...
In this article: Waste, Utah, Clean Harbors, and Aragonite
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The Australian | November 12, 2009
Dump Your Hazardous Waste for Free with HazMobile
Friday, 13 November 2009, 12:26 pm Dump Your Hazardous Waste for Free with HazMobile 2009 Hawke's Bay residents are getting an opportunity to clear the unwanted domestic hazardous waste out of their cupboards and garages safely and...
In this article: Waste, Zinc, Carbon, and Zinc chloride
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New Jersey On-Line | November 12, 2009
Safely toss hazardous waste, medicines on Saturday in Hunterdon
Online edition of Hunterdon County's weekly paper Safely toss hazardous waste, medicines on Saturday in Hunterdon The Hunterdon County Hazardous Waste Cleanup Day on Saturday coincides with a push by anti-prescription drug abuse groups...
In this article: Tin, Pentachlorophenol, Silvex, and Propane
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Description from Wikipedia:
A hazardous waste is waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment and generally exhibits one or more of these characteristics:
*ignitable (i.e., flammable)
*oxidizing
*corrosive
*toxic
*radioactive
*explosive
U.S. environmental laws (see Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) additionally describe a "hazardous waste" as a waste (usually a solid waste) that has the potential to:
*cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality (death) or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness; or
*pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed. Hazardous waste was formerly known as 'special' waste.
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