Purchasing Hazardous Waste Transportation Service: Federal Legal Considerations.

The article discusses several considerations governing the generation, transportation, storage and release of hazardous substances in the U.S. The purchase of transportation service requires an expertise in both Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations. Traffic managers are usually well versed in DOT provisions and in the purchase of transportation service but not in environmental regulations. For these reasons, the most efficient purchase of waste transportation service occurs through a team effort with the traffic manager utilizing transportation knowledge and expertise with those trained in EPA regulatory compliance.