| Rule Number: |
21P022 |
| Title: |
Vermont Hazardous Waste Management Regulations. |
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Type:
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Standard |
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Status:
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Adopted |
| Agency: |
Agency of Natural Resources
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| Legal Authority: |
10 V.S.A. ยงยง 6603(9), 6607, and 6608a. |
| Summary:
| Vermont has maintained Hazardous Waste Management Regulations since 1980. This rule, which has been revised routinely since 1980 to remain equivalent to the federal RCRA subtitle C hazardous waste regulations, provides a regulatory framework for managing hazardous waste by identifying wastes subject to regulation as hazardous and establishing management standards for businesses that generate, transport, treat, store or dispose of them. In general, the rule is being revised to incorporate required new federal rules, clarify existing requirements, and address non-federal deficiencies identified in the current version (e.g., limiting the scope of the VT06 listing for pesticides, clarifying generator closure requirements, correcting typos). Changes include: adoption of the federal Generator Improvement, Electronic Manifest, and Hazardous Waste Pharmaceutical rules; revisions to hazardous waste import/export requirements; addition of new universal wastes; and revision of the used oil management standards. |
| Persons Affected:
| Affected parties include: hazardous waste generators
(e.g., auto repair shops, manufacturing facilities, laboratories, metal working facilities, universities, medical facilities, waste management facilities); permitted transporters; permitted hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities; the solid waste management districts; environmental contractors
and consultants; the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA); the Vermont Department of Health; the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets; the
Vermont Agency of Transportation; and various divisions and programs within the Department of Environmental Conservation. |
| Economic Impact:
| Overall, in comparison to current state and federal hazardous waste regulations, we do not expect the proposed rule to result in additional economic impact on most affected parties. Any minor economic that does result from implementation of the proposed rule will likely be offset by savings that will result from added flexibility leaving it neutral. The anticipated economic impact upon Agency and DEC staff is, in general, minimal; the new eManifest rule will provide an economic benefit to the Agency by eliminating the need for a manifest data entry position. Many of the new federal rules provide flexibility to small businesses and will likely have a positive economic impact (e.g., episodic generation, pharmaceutical waste rules, new universal waste listings). |
| Posting date: |
Jul 07,2021 |
| Information for Contact # 1 |
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Level:
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Primary
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| Name: |
Anna Bourakovsky |
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Agency:
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Agency of Natural Resources
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| Address: |
1 National Life Diver, Davis 1 |
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| City: |
Montpelier |
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| State: |
VT |
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| Zip: |
05620-3704 |
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| Telephone: |
802-477-2981 |
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Email: |
anna.bourakovsky@vermont.gov
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| Website Address: |
https://dec.vermont.gov/waste-management/hazardous/regulations
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| Information for Contact # 2 |
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Level:
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Secondary
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| Name: |
Jordan Gonda |
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Agency:
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Agency of Natural Resources
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| Address: |
1 National Life Diver, Davis 1 |
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| City: |
Montpelier |
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| State: |
VT |
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| Zip: |
05620-3704 |
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| Telephone: |
802-338-7522 |
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Email: |
jordan.gonda@vermont.gov
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