The Hazardous Waste Program Authorization Issues Report presents detailed findings of two authorization surveys by the Rulemaking and Authorization Task Force within the ASTSWMO Hazardous Waste Subcommittee. An initial survey was conducted in 2023 and was followed up with another survey in 2024. The report also includes conclusions and recommendations based on survey responses.
ASTSWMO’s CERCLA Post Construction Focus Group updated this report from 2017 to provide examples of challenges experienced by various States during the transition of sites from the EPA to a State and present National Priorities List site examples that illustrate opportunities for possible solutions to aid in facilitating more successful transitions.
The ASTSWMO Release Prevention Task Force continues to conduct information requests for data collection on compliance violations found during UST inspections conducted by State UST programs. Previous data collection results from 2010, 2012, and 2014 are available on the ASTSWMO website here.
The Release Prevention Task Force summarizes the information they receive into another report with recommendations on actions they can take to improve compliance rates in the future.
If you find inaccurate data or want to submit your missing data, please email Tanks Program Manager, Anna Gayle Griffiths.
The ASTSWMO Sustainable Materials Management Task Force has produced the Difficult-to-Manage Materials Survey Report based on input received from 39 States and Territories (States). The Task Force launched the survey in June 2023 to pinpoint products and materials that are of concern or causing issues in waste and recycling programs and to identify associated trends among States. For the purposes of the survey, “difficult-to-manage” was defined as an item that has reached the end of its useful life that presents difficulties to the public, State or local government, or the waste and recycling industry because of a lack of viable end markets, inherent difficulties in handling the material, a lack of collection or recovery infrastructure, or any combination thereof.
The report presents the findings of the survey in which States were asked to identify their top 5 difficult-to-manage materials and how the State is currently addressing them; challenges/problems as well as existing opportunities regarding the materials identified; and what States would find helpful in managing the materials.
The UST Task Force solicited information from all States in an effort to determine which violations are most often encountered during UST compliance inspections and other verification activities. The intent of this report is to provide a national perspective with regard to which UST violations are discovered in greatest frequency and may require additional attention. The data could impact where States allocate resources and how they perform onsite UST inspections, where the regulated community can best allocate their resources to improve compliance, and future decisions regarding the long-term direction of State and federal programs.
The UST Task Force plans to update these reports on a biennial basis to identify any trends across the UST programs.
UST Common Compliance Violations Report – FY 2018
UST Common Compliance Violations Report – FY 2014
UST Common Compliance Violations Report – FY 2012
The Beneficial Use Task Force developed this report as a supplement to their March 2015 Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Waste Management Survey Report. In the 2015 Survey Report, the Task Force recommended further exploration of how exploration and production (E&P) waste streams are currently beneficially used in various States, and whether information on current uses may support increased beneficial use of particular E&P wastes, or may point to any limitations for beneficial use. This Supplemental Report summarizes the Task Force’s efforts to implement this recommendation, focusing on the beneficial use of three waste streams identified in the 2015 report as “high-volume” waste streams: Drill Cuttings, Produced Water and Water-Based Drilling Fluid/Mud. The information in the Supplemental Report was gathered between February and June 2016.
