OSHA Hazardous Waste Operations Fact Sheet

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response

OSHA’s standards for general industry and the construction industry on hazardous waste operations and emergency response (29 CFR 1910.120 or 29 CFR 1926.65) cover all employees involved in:

• Clean-up operations of hazardous substances at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites required by Federal, state, local or other governments;
• Corrective actions involving clean-up procedures at sites covered by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA);
• Voluntary clean-up operations at sites recognized as uncontrolled hazardous waste sites by Federal, state, local or other governments;
• Operations involving hazardous waste that are conducted at treatment, storage and disposal facilities licensed under RCRA;
• Emergency response operations for hazardous substance releases or substantial threats of releases.

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