tailieunhanh - BASIC HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT - CHAPTER 1

At completion of this chapter, the student should: • Have gained a perspective on the evolution of hazardous waste problems and approaches to management in the . and other industrialized nations. • Understand the kinds of hazardous waste management/mismanagement practices that create negative health, environmental, economic, and social impacts and the nature of those impacts. • Have overview familiarity with the federal statutes and legal mechanisms that have been directed toward governmental control of hazardous wastes, why they succeeded or failed, and how they relate to present-day RCRA and CERCLA. • Be similarly familiar with political and administrative approaches to governmental control of hazardous waste, the successes and failures, and some cause-and-effect. | William C. Blachman Jr. BASIC HAZARDOUS WASli MANAGEMENT Third Edition 2001 by CRC Press LLC William C. Blackman Jr. BASIC HAZARDOUS WfiSTEMANAGEMENT Third Edition LEWIS PUBLISHERS Boca Raton London New York Washington . Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Blackman William C. Basic hazardous waste management William C. Blackman ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56670-533-9 alk. paper 1. Hazardous wastes United States Management. I. Title. TD1040 .B53 2001 87 dc21 2001020391 CIP This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reprinted material is quoted with permission and sources are indicated. A wide variety of references are listed. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information but the author and the publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or for the consequences of their use. Neither this book nor any part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying microfilming and recording or by any information storage or retrieval system without prior permission in writing from the publisher. The consent of CRC Press LLC does not extend to copying for general distribution for promotion for creating new works or for resale. Specific permission must be obtained in writing from CRC Press LLC for such copying. Direct all inquiries to CRC Press LLC 2000 . Corporate Blvd. Boca Raton Florida 33431. Cover photograph courtesy of Envirosafe Services of Ohio Inc. ESOI . Trademark Notice Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Visit the CRC Press Web site at 2001 by CRC Press LLC Lewis Publishers is an imprint of CRC Press LLC No claim to original . Government works International Standard Book Number 1-56670-533-9 Library of .