Virginia Characteristic Waste regulations & environmental compliance analysis

Virginia Characteristic Waste: What you need to know

Governing Law and Regulations

Hazardous waste characteristics: 9 Virginia Administrative Code 20-60-261

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Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Division of Land Protection and Revitalization

See national section for basic information and federal regulations.

Comparison: State vs. Federal

• Rules. Generators must identify their hazardous waste by determining whether it is a listed waste or exhibits a hazardous waste characteristic. Virginia incorporates by reference the federal rules that define a waste that exhibits the characteristics of ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, or toxicity as a hazardous waste. The federal characteristic waste requirements are described in the national section CHARACTERISTIC WASTE.

• Administration and enforcement. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality's (DEQ) Division of Land Protection and Revitalization administers and enforces the state's rules for identifying characteristic hazardous waste.


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Virginia Characteristic Waste Resources

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