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Hazardous and Solid Waste Management

Training/Contingency Plans/Hazardous Materials Security Plans
Waste Minimization
Remedial Investigation and Remedial Action
Secondary Containment
RCRA Closure
Landfill Closures/Post Closure Care

Huff & Huff, Inc. (H&H) has assisted industrial plants in complying with various phases of the hazardous waste regulations. Assistance has ranged from reviewing programs prepared by plant personnel to assuming complete responsibility for complying with the RCRA regulations. H&H has prepared Part B Applications, closure plans, closure cost estimates, closure reports, waste minimization plans, hazardous materials security plans, waste analysis plans, emergency response plans, training plans, and inspection plans. H&H has supervised closure of hazardous waste storage facilities, such as drum storage pads and underground tanks, including waste and soil sampling, remediation, and certification.

Training programs are routinely provided for clients ranging from training the operators on RCRA and DOT requirements to presenting management with a one-day overview of RCRA and compliance strategies. H&H maintains its own Power Point presentation on RCRA and DOT regulations, which is tailored for each client, and has a library of VHS tapes used in the training. The firm developed a computerized RCRA training module for a petroleum refinery.

Spill plans have been modified to incorporate the hazardous substances reporting requirements, the requirements under SARA's Community Right-To-Know, and computer modeling for tracking air-borne plumes from releases, and local sanitary district requirements.

Evaluation of waste management alternatives is an area of extreme importance today, from finding acceptable disposal alternatives to process modifications resulting in waste minimization. Many of our clients have reduced their waste generation to the point that they are now Small Quantity Generators, with the assistance of our firm. The firm has assisted clients in evaluating process substitutions, especially where chlorinated solvents were being utilized, and preparation of formal waste minimization plans. Preparation of Waste Minimization Plans are a required element today of all generator programs. H&H has assisted plants in locating acceptable disposal and treatment sites for hazardous and industrial wastes, as well as conducting audits of reclaiming and disposal facilities for clients using these sites. Treatability studies have been conducted to declassify waste streams from being hazardous waste. Secondary containment facilities, from drum storage pads to tanks with full secondary containment, have been designed.

Illinois Public Act 82-682 assigns to local governments the responsibility of approving the location of all new hazardous waste facilities. H&H has been retained by cities, counties, a firm that has developed an alternative technology to incineration and landfilling of garbage, a private composting operator, and a waste transfer station to assist in the review process and to design containment facilities.