Free Arkansas RCRA Practice Test Online

Correct answer: A. The Division of Environmental Quality within the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment

Correct. Following the state's reorganization, the Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ), part of the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment, administers and enforces the hazardous waste management program under Regulation No. 23.

• B: This describes the agency's older, pre-reorganization name; hazardous waste functions are now carried out by the Division of Environmental Quality within the Department of Energy & Environment.
• C: Arkansas received final EPA authorization for its RCRA program (for components promulgated on or before June 30, 1992, including HSWA corrective action), so the state program operates in lieu of direct EPA implementation.
• D: The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission has no role in administering the hazardous waste generator program; that authority rests with DEQ.

Correct answer: B. Arkansas has no equivalent to 40 CFR 262.44 in Regulation 23, so these generators do not receive this reduced recordkeeping benefit

Correct. Regulation 23 has no analog to 40 CFR 262.44, so generators between 100 and 1,000 kg per month in Arkansas do not get the reduced recordkeeping benefit available under the federal rule, making Arkansas's program more stringent on this point.

• A: Arkansas did not adopt this provision; the state's own compliance summary of Regulation 23 identifies the absence of an analog to 40 CFR 262.44 as a point where Arkansas is more stringent than the federal program.
• C: The federal provision never applied to LQGs, and Arkansas created no new extension of it to that category.
• D: This overstates the effect; Arkansas's recordkeeping obligations for these generators are actually stricter, not eliminated.

Correct answer: C. Annually, every calendar year

Correct. Regulation 23 § 262.41 requires Arkansas generators on file as SQGs or LQGs to submit an annual, rather than biennial, hazardous waste report, a more stringent requirement than the federal program.

• A: This describes the federal biennial cycle, which Arkansas does not follow for this reporting obligation.
• B: Facilities that remain SQGs or LQGs must keep filing every year, not just once at initial notification.
• D: No five-year reporting cycle exists under Regulation 23 or the federal program.

Correct answer: D. March 1

Correct. Per ADEQ's Annual Hazardous Waste Reports guidance, the report covering the prior calendar year's activity is due to the Director by March 1.

• A: July 1 is the due date for a separate obligation, the Remedial Action Trust Fund Fee, not the Annual Report deadline.
• B: January 1 is the due date for the separate Monitoring and Inspection Fee under Regulation 23 § 6, not the Annual Report deadline.
• C: December 31 is not a recognized ADEQ hazardous waste reporting deadline.

Correct answer: A. Both accumulated wastes and stored wastes

Correct. Regulation 23 § 262.41(e) requires Arkansas generators to report accumulated wastes in addition to stored wastes, whereas the federal program requires reporting of stored wastes only, making Arkansas more stringent.

• B: This describes the narrower federal-only reporting scope, not the additional element Arkansas requires.
• C: Revenue figures are not an element of the RCRA hazardous waste annual report.
• D: No employee-listing requirement exists in the annual report; the added scope concerns waste quantities, not personnel.