Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) program generally applies to all of the following except:

Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) program generally applies to all of the following except:

• A. Generators
• B. Transporters
• C. Small quantity waste generators
• D. Persons disposing of restricted hazardous waste

Answer: (C)

The main idea is that the Land Disposal Restrictions require hazardous waste to be treated to meet specific standards before it can be disposed of on land, and the responsible parties are the generator, the transporter, and the owner or operator of the treatment, storage, or disposal facility. In practice, those three groups handle the flow of waste and ensure the treatment standards are met prior to land disposal. The exception here is small quantity waste generators, who are not generally burdened with the same LDR compliance requirements as larger generators or the other players in the chain. Their waste management rules are lighter, so the routine LDR obligations aren’t applied in the same way. Of course, if a small quantity generator does dispose of restricted hazardous waste, the underlying need to meet LDR standards before land disposal still exists, but the formal programmatic applicability is focused on generators, transporters, and disposal facility operators, not on small quantity generators as a group.

The main idea is that the Land Disposal Restrictions require hazardous waste to be treated to meet specific standards before it can be disposed of on land, and the responsible parties are the generator, the transporter, and the owner or operator of the treatment, storage, or disposal facility. In practice, those three groups handle the flow of waste and ensure the treatment standards are met prior to land disposal. The exception here is small quantity waste generators, who are not generally burdened with the same LDR compliance requirements as larger generators or the other players in the chain. Their waste management rules are lighter, so the routine LDR obligations aren’t applied in the same way. Of course, if a small quantity generator does dispose of restricted hazardous waste, the underlying need to meet LDR standards before land disposal still exists, but the formal programmatic applicability is focused on generators, transporters, and disposal facility operators, not on small quantity generators as a group.