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Hazardous Waste Coordinator Certification Program

The Hazardous Waste Coordinator (HWC) certification program has been established in response to legislation passed in 2002, which took effect in January of 2003 under RSA 147-A:5, III. This program is within the Hazardous Waste Certification Section of the Waste Management Bureau.

DES intends through this program to provide the necessary tools for NH industries to attain and then maintain compliance under the NH Hazardous Waste Rules. This program requires each hazardous waste generator that generates more than 220 pounds of hazardous waste in one month to have on staff at the facility where the hazardous waste is generated, a HWC certified by DES. DES wants to ensure that no business will be out of compliance due to a lack of knowledge of the rules and is committed to enhancing environmental stewardship in New Hampshire through this new training and certification program. more…

Publications

• Hazardous Waste Coordinator Training and Certification (Fact Sheet WMD-HW-26)
• Hazardous Waste Fact Sheets
• Hazardous Waste Full Quantity Generator Requirements In New Hampshire
• Universal Waste Fact Sheets
• Used Oil Fact Sheets

Rules/Regulatory

• Enforcement
• Hazardous Waste Program Rules (Env-Wm; Env-Hw)
• RSA 147-A:5

Education/Outreach (Complete List)

Initial certification will provide the HWC with the regulatory nuts and bolts to assure the generator's compliance under the Hazardous Waste Rules. Annual modules will be designed to encourage generators to move "beyond compliance", by developing resource conservation, waste minimization, and recycling programs at their facilities.

• NH Pollution Prevention Program
• Small Quantity Generator Self-Certification

Technical Assistance (Complete List)

• Full Quantity Generator Sample Telephone Posting
• Hazardous Waste Full Quantity Generator Requirements In New Hampshire
• Hazardous Waste Generator RCRA Inspection Checklist
• Hazardous Waste Manifest Distribution
• Hazardous Waste Vendor Listings
• Multi-Media Partial Inspection Checklist
• Suggested Outline for a Hazardous Waste Contingency Plan

Training

• Application for training
• Calendar

Forms/Applications

• Application for Hazardous Waste Coordinator Certification Class
• Declassification form
• Declassification form sample
• Notification form and instructions

Permits

• Hazardous Waste Coordinator Certification

Related Programs (Complete List)

• Hazardous Waste Vendor Listings
• Hazardous Waste Transporter Program
• Reporting & Information Management
• Small Quantity Generator Self-Certification Program
• Used Oil Program

Resources/Links

• Code of Federal Regulations
• EPA
• EPA Compendium letters
• EPA Region I
• RCRA Federal Registers – 1980 to 1994
• RCRA Federal Registers 1994 to current date
• RCRA Online

Contact Us (Complete List)

• NHDES Hazardous Waste Management Bureau
  29 Hazen Drive; PO Box 95
  Concord, NH 03302-0095
  (603) 271-2942
  (866) HAZWAST (Toll Free In-State Hotline, 8-4 M-F)
  (603) 271-0869 (fax)
  hwcomp@des.nh.gov

 

 

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