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FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL:

RCRA Hotline
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
800 424-9346 or TDD 800 553-7672.
In the Washington, DC, area: 703 412-9810
or TDD 703 412-3323.

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CONTENTS
Contents
Foreword 2

Frequently Asked Questions About RCRA 3

The Life Cycle of a Typical Motor Freight/Railroad

Transportation Waste 6

Requirements for Regulated Motor Freight/Railroad

Transportation Facilities 8

Reduce or Minimize the Hazardous Wastes You Generate 10

Other Environmental Laws Affecting the Motor Freight/Railroad

Transportation Industry 15

Contacts and Resources 17