Summary The goals of this project were to compile available information on hazardous waste management in Wyoming and identify critical data needs which should be met for the State to assess the adequacy of current hazardous waste statutes and regulations.
Of the 898 facilities in Wyoming identified in this project as potential or known handlers of hazardous wastes, 44% have been contacted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and given a regulated (13%) or non-regulated (31%) status under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA). Data are available on specific types, amounts and dispositions of wastes handled by some of these facilities. But often the quality of these data is poor. Very little is known about the types, amounts and dispositions of wastes handled by the remaining 56% of the facilities reviewed in this project.
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