Definitions for "RCRA"
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U.S. federal law originally enacted by Congress in 1976 to prevent the creation of toxic waste dumps by setting standards for the management of hazardous waste.
Resource Concentration and Recovery Act (USA)
esource onservation and ecovery ct, the federal environmental law designed to account for and ensure proper management of hazardous wastes, from creation to disposition.
RCRA is a regulation that governs the safe management and disposal of municipal and industrial wastes generated nationwide. One part of RCRA regulates hazardous waste, from the time it is generated until its ultimate disposal. Another part of RCRA handles solid (primarily nonhazardous) waste, such as household garbage.
Federal law requiring that states develop solid waste management plans (passed in 1976); also establishes a "cradle-to-grave" tracking and liability system for hazardous waste.
Resource Conservation and Control Act
Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (US)
Resource Conservation Recovery Act. Sites which generate, transport, store, treat or dispose hazardous wastes.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Resource Conservation Recovery Act (42 USC 6901 et seq.) passed by the U.S. Congress in 1976 and designed to regulate solid and hazardous waste disposal
Resource Conservation and Recover Act-Federal legislation requiring that hazardous waste be tracked from "cradle" (generation) to "grave" (disposal).