Solid Waste Air Programs

This section is responsible for drafting rules, adopting rules, changes, revisions and new requirements to maintain consistency with federal regulatory programs and to maintain the state goal of providing an ample measure of protection for human health and the environment.

This section is also responsible for the preparation, revision and reporting in the implementation of emission guidelines for existing sources as required by the Clean Air Act/federally-promulgated regulations.

• 45CSR16

  Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources

• 45CSR18

  Control of Air Pollution from Combustion of Solid Waste

• 45CSR23

  Prevent and Control Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

• 45CSR34

  Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

• 45CSR13

  New Source Review

• 45CSR30

  Title V Operating Permit

• Justia U.S. Laws

  2005 West Virginia Code - §22-18-3. — Definitions.

• EPA Solid Waste for RCRA Subtitle C Hazardous Waste

  The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from the "cradle-to-grave." This includes the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste.

• EPA Wastes - Hazardous Waste

  EPA Hazardous Waste home page.

• Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

  In June 1989 President Bush proposed sweeping revisions to the Clean Air Act. Building on Congressional proposals advanced during the 1980s, the President proposed legislation designed to curb three major threats to the nation's environment and to the health of millions of Americans: acid rain, urban air pollution, and toxic air emissions.

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

  The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is the public law that creates the framework for the proper management of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste. The law describes the waste management program mandated by Congress that gave EPA authority to develop the RCRA program. The term RCRA is often used interchangeably to refer to the law, regulations and EPA policy and guidance.

• EPA Enforcement Policies and Guidance

  National policy, guidance and publications relating to EPA's enforcement of environmental laws.

• RCRAInfo

  Hazardous waste information is contained in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information (RCRAInfo), a national program management and inventory system about hazardous waste handlers.

• Code of Federal Regulations

  The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) annual edition is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government.

• NESHAP Toolkit

  The Toolkit contains implementation information on the Hazardous Waste Combustion (HWC) NESHAP (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart EEE) for the general public, regulators and the regulated community.

• Human Health Risk Assessment Protocol

  Risk assessment is a science used to evaluate the carcinogenic risks and noncarcinogenic hazards to human health that are attributable to emissions from hazardous waste combustion units. These risk assessments include the evaluation of both direct and indirect risks.