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Hazardous Waste Data
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Office of Solid Waste (OSW) manages RCRAInfo,
a national information system to support the RCRA Subtitle C Hazardous
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RCRAInfo
RCRAInfo is EPA's comprehensive
information system, providing access to data supporting the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 and the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments
(HSWA) of 1984. RCRAInfo replaces the data recording and reporting abilities
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System (RCRIS) and
the Biennial Reporting System (BRS).
The RCRAInfo system allows
tracking of many types of information about the regulated universe of
RCRA hazardous waste handlers. RCRAInfo characterizes facility status,
regulated activities, and compliance histories and captures detailed data
on the generation of hazardous waste from large quantity generators and
on waste management practices from treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.
Using cutting-edge technology
and a simple architecture, RCRAInfo provides a convenient user interface
for the program staff and managers of the EPA and its State and Tribal
partners. RCRAInfo data is made available to the public through EPA's
Envirofacts Data Warehouse
through monthly extracts or through the Right
to Know Network. 
The Right to Know Network
provides free access to numerous databases, text files, conferences on
the environment, housing, and sustainable development. It is operated
by two nonprofit organizations - OMB Watch and the Unison Institute -
and funded by various government agencies and foundations, including EPA.
The same flat files that are
provided to Envirofacts and the Right to Know Network are also available
- free of charge - for downloading from the EPA publically accessible
FTP server (ftp://ftp.epa.gov/rcrainfodata/brfiles/).
A comprehensive web-enabled help module (RCRAInfo_Flat_File_WebHelp.zip)
is also available to explain the flat file specifications and data element
values. (ftp://ftp.epa.gov/rcrainfodata/rcra_flatfiles/).
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RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative
On June 18, 1999, EPA proposed
to reduce the reporting requirements at hazardous waste facilities. For
more information, visit the burden
reduction site.
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Waste Information Needs (WIN)/Informed Initiative
Reinvention of information management
in the EPA hazardous waste program began in 1994, when the Office of Solid
Waste (OSW) revised its strategic plan and identified new information management
objectives. The Waste Information Needs (WIN) Initiative evolved from these
objectives. EPA's WIN Initiative partnered with the States' Information
Needs for Making Environmental Decisions (Informed) project. The joint WIN/Informed
Initiative is an effort to reassess the information needed to run the hazardous
waste program under RCRA. Some of the information covered by the project
includes who is regulated, what is being regulated, and what kinds of activities
and milestones must be tracked for the hazardous waste program. The Initiative
seeks to improve data quality and meet the needs of EPA, states and tribes,
and public and private sector customers for timely and accurate information
about hazardous waste management. The WIN/Informed Initiative seeks to provide
improved access to hazardous waste information and to reduce the burden
on data providers. For
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