Published: 1987
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The 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Act Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) directed EPA to ban certain dioxin-containing wastes from land disposal unless EPA determines that restrictions on land disposal of these wastes are not needed to protect human health and the environment. Congress, through the 1984 Amendments, fixed a deadline of 24 months from the enactment of the Amendments for EPA to regulate the land disposal of these identified wastes (with some exceptions). In the event that the Agency has not issued regulations by that time (November 1986), land disposal of all specified dioxin-containing waste streams automatically will be banned. An important aspect of the land disposal restrictions is the identification and evaluation of alternative technologies that can be used to treat the listed wastes in such a way as to meet proposed treatment levels which EPA has determined are protective of human health and the environment. If alternatives to land disposal are not available by November 1986, it may be necessary to extend the deadline for the restrictions on land disposal. The full report identifies and evaluates alternative technologies that remove and/or destroy dioxin and related compounds from listed dioxin wastes in order to achieve constituent levels that allow the safe land disposal of the treated residues.
