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Chemical Warfare Materiel: Unique Regulatory Issues

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  • Elizabeth L. Etnier

    (1405 Whitower Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919, USA)

  • Joseph F. King

    (U.S. Army Environmental Center, ATTN: SFIM-AEC-IR-P, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010-5401, USA)

  • Annetta P. Watson

    (Life Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1060 Commerce Park Drive, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830-6480, USA)

Abstract

In those states that have not included CWM as hazardous materials in their RCRA programs, the RCRA requirements for management of hazardous waste would not strictly apply to any of the CWM. The Army has historically implemented procedures requiring that chemical warfare agents be managed as RCRA hazardous waste regardless of the concentration, physical form, or configuration of the agent. Such application of strict hazardous waste requirements to management of potentially nonhazardous CWM can result in remedial costs well out of proportion to potential human health and environmental benefits. Recent development of chronic toxicity values for the CWM has opened the door for development of cleanup and waste management standards for waste streams or media containing small residual amounts of CWM. Implementation of this health-based approach to management of CWM remediation wastes may, in part, help to reduce potentially unnecessary hazardous waste management costs for the nonhazardous CWM.

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  • Elizabeth L. Etnier & Joseph F. King & Annetta P. Watson, 2000. "Chemical Warfare Materiel: Unique Regulatory Issues," Environmental Management, Springer, vol. 25(4), pages 347-356, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envman:v:25:y:2000:i:4:d:10.1007_s002679910027
    DOI: 10.1007/s002679910027
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