Summary

This book is intended to fulfil the need for a comprehensive, easy-to-read, introductory text on how hazardous waste laws and regulations affect industry, regulatory agencies, and society for which no current text is suitable. It will be of interest to a broad spectrum of people including industry environmental coordinates, consultants, regulators, and anyone seeking and introductory account of this topic. The book should be quite suitable as a supplement text in a variety of university coursed including chemical engineering, environmental engineering, public policy, regulatory economics, and environmental economics. Due to the dynamic nature of environmental regulation, some information will be dated in a few years. However the basic structure of the environmental programs and the implications of the regulations of the regulations for all concerned will remain largely intact for years to come and will grow an importance.