Regulatory Agencies for Hazardous Waste

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):

• Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
• Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)
• Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

Department of Transportation (DOT):

• Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety (PHMSA)

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA):

• Controlled Substances Act (CSA)

Homeland Security (DHS):

• Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS)

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)

• Public Act 451, Part 111 – Hazardous Waste Management Act
• Public Act 121 – Liquid Industrial By-Product Act
• Michigan Medical Waste Act

City of East Lansing Public Owned Treatment Works (POTW)

• MSU maintains an agreement that chemical waste, including pharmaceutical waste will not be poured down any drains into the sanitary or storm sewer systems.