What's STILL wrong with RCRA

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Russell Phifer, rphifer@glasmesh.com, WC Environmental, LLC, PO Box 1718, West Chester, PA 19380
The first significant changes to RCRA regulations since the 1984 reauthorization are expected to provide some limited regulatory relief to academic laboratories. However, there are a number of other difficulties faced by generators who must comply with requirements which are outdated, superfluous, and unwieldy. This paper will address what is still wrong with RCRA and provide some suggestions as to how the US EPA could address these problems.