Accession Number:

ADA243385

Title:

Comparison of RCRA SWMU Corrective Action and CERCLA Remedial Action

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

Personal Author(s):

• Rupe, Sam C.

Report Date:

1991-09-30

Pagination or Media Count:

161.0

Abstract:

With the passage of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 and the addition of expanded authorities to require corrective action for release of hazardous constituents from solid waste management units SWMUs at hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities, the Solid Waste Disposal Act hereafter referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act or RCRA will dramatically influence the Superfund program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act CERCLA. Not only will the RCRA corrective action program help prevent current RCRA sites from becoming Superfund sites, but it also offers EPA and the states an important alternative to address superfund sites that already exist. EPA recognized this and, hoping to conserve Superfund resources, developed a policy to defer listing of sites from the National Priority List if those sites can be addressed under RCRAs corrective action authorities. Private industry and federal agencies with problem sites that could qualify under either program need to compare the advantages and disadvantages of each program. EPAs deferral policy continues to evolve and appears to be ripe for expansion.

Descriptors:

• *INDUSTRIES
• HAZARDS
• FACILITIES
• SITES
• RESPONSE
• RELEASE
• RESOURCES
• WASTES
• WASTE MANAGEMENT
• STORAGE
• CONSERVATION
• DISPOSAL
• SOLID WASTES
• WASTE TREATMENT
• HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
• CORRECTIONS
• ENVIRONMENTS

Subject Categories:

• Solid Wastes and Pollution and Control

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE