A generic hazardous waste management training program

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is the primary Federal law governing the generation, transportation, and disposal of hazardous waste. All nuclear power facilities have processes which produce waste chemical that are now regulated under this law and its amendments. Some of the more demanding aspects of the RCRA regulation are the training requirements outlined in title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 264.16. This section requires semi-annual training of personnel involved in the use, storage, transport, and disposal of hazardous waste. Because the definition of hazardous waste includes relatively inert materials this training requirement impacts many of the personnel at a nuclear facility. This paper describes a generic, i.e., applicable to all major commands and installations, three-hour RCRA training program for the United States (US) Air Force which is directed towards people responsible for day-to-day use, storage, transport, and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes, and first-line supervisors of these operations