RCRA Practice Manual, Third Edition

Focusing on the "cradle-to-grave" program for managing hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), this updated edition of The RCRA Practice Manual is a comprehensive yet easy-to-use guide to an extraordinarily complex area of environmental law. This manual clearly explains this dynamic law, its background, regulatory structure and procedures, and the implications RCRA has for your client or company.

Chapters are written by an impressive roster of environmental lawyers who practice extensively in this area, and the authors offer practical suggestions and guidance to minimize the risk of penalty and to soften the blow when liability cannot be avoided. There have been numerous developments since the second edition, and every chapter has been updated to address the important new interpretations of RCRA. Among the new developments covered are decisions in cases involving the definition of hazardous waste, EPA over-filing, citizen suits, cost recovery, and preemption, while the regulatory developments include the EPA's revised definition of solid waste under RCRA and the Sierra Club's challenge, and the 2012 Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act.

The RCRA Practice Manual provides a practical examination of these critical aspects of the program:

• An overview of RCRA and its relationship to other laws
• The scope of hazardous waste
• Generators and transporters
• Treatment, storage, and disposal
• Land disposal and corrective action
• Underground storage tanks and nonhazardous waste
• Enforcement and implementation

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Theodore L. Garrett is senior counsel with the law firm Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, D.C. He has been extensively involved in litigation, administrative proceedings, and counseling in environmental law matters for over 30 years. Mr. Garrett was chair of the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources in 20002001 and has served in several section leadership positions, including the council and executive committee. He currently serves as a contributing editor to Trends. Mr. Garrett is a member of the American College of Environmental Law, where he serves on the Board of Regents. He is a frequent speaker at environmental law conferences and has written extensively on environmental law topics. He is editor of the Environmental Law Manual (1992) and RCRA Policy Documents (1993, with Joshua D. Sarnoff) and is a contributing author of The Clean Water Act Handbook (3d ed. 2011), Environmental Litigation (1999), Environmental Liability and Insurance Recovery (2012), Litigators on Experts (2010), and Practice under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (2012). A graduate of Yale College and Columbia Law School, Mr. Garrett served as a law clerk for Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger.