Exempted Hazardous Wastes
EPA regulations automatically exempt certain solid wastes from being regulated as "hazardous wastes". This does not necessarily mean the wastes are not hazardous nor that they are not regulated. An exempted hazardous waste simply means that the waste is not regulated by the primary hazardous waste regulations. Many of these wastes may by regulated by different statutes and/or regulations and/or by different regulatory agencies. For example, many hazardous mining wastes are regulated via mining statutes and regulations. "Exempted" hazardous wastes include:
- Household hazardous waste (HHW); (see below)
- Agricultural wastes which are returned to the ground as fertilizer;
- Mining overburden returned to the mine site;
- Utility wastes from combustion to produce electricity;
- Oil and natural gas exploration drilling waste;
- Wastes from the extraction of beneficiation, and processing of ores and minerals, including coal;
- Cement kiln wastes;
- Wood treated with arsenic preservatives.
- Certain chromium-containing wastes (See Code of Federal Regulations Section 261.4(b))
- Recycled hazardous wastes: Some hazardous wastes that are recycled may also be exempted from hazardous waste regulations.
Read more about this topic: Hazardous Waste In The United States
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