Basic Hazardous Waste Management, Third Edition - Hardcover

Blackman Jr., William C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1566701686 ISBN 13: 9781566701686

Publisher: CRC Press, 1995

Synopsis

This Second Edition updates and expands the material presented in the bestselling original edition of Basic Hazardous Waste Management. The same practical approach is found in this new edition, making it an ideal textbook for students and an excellent reference source for professionals. Readers are provided with a broad overview of practices and techniques used in modern hazardous waste management, radiological waste management, underground storage tank management, and biomedical/infectious waste management. Fundamental issues are introduced, including hazardous waste site remediation technology and the application of federal statutes, regulations, programs and policies to the cleanup of hazardous waste sites; pathways and fates and the environmental impacts of released hazardous materials; and the roles of science and technology in the standards-setting processes. The book reviews the application of administrative law, civil and criminal sanctions, the roles of the courts, and the impacts of citizen suits in both historical and current regulatory contexts. Health and safety issues affecting hazardous waste workers are highlighted in a completely new chapter. This is an extremely important section, and an invaluable addition to the book.

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Updates & expands material presented in bestselling 1st edtn
The same practical approach is found in this new edition, making it an ideal textbook for students and an excellent reference source for professionals. Readers are provided with a broad overview of practices and techniques used in modern hazardous waste management, radiological waste management, underground storage tank management, and biomedical/infectious waste management.

Fundamental issues are introduced, including hazardous waste site remediation technology and the application of federal statues, regulations, programs and policies to the cleanup of hazardous waste sites; pathways and fates and the environmental impacts of released hazardous materials; and the roles of science and technology in the standards-setting processes.

The book reviews the application of administrative law, civil and criminal impacts of citizen suits in both historical and current regulatory contexts. Health and safety issues affecting hazardous waste workers are highlighted in a completely new chapter. This is an extremely important section, and an invaluable addition to the book.

Synopsis

A textbook for students and a reference for professionals, this is a broad overview of practices and techniques used in modern management of: hazardous waste; radiological waste; underground storage tanks; and biomedical/infectious waste. Health and safety issues affecting hazardous waste workers are highlighted in a chapter new in this edition. It also includes an 18-page glossary - double the size of the original.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566701686
• ISBN 13: 9781566701686
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 416