Free Kansas RCRA Practice Test Online

Correct answer: A. Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), Division of Environment, Bureau of Waste Management

Correct. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment, within its Division of Environment, administers the state's hazardous waste generator program through the Bureau of Waste Management under K.A.R. 28-31.

• B: The Kansas Corporation Commission's Conservation Division regulates oil and gas activity, not RCRA hazardous waste generators.
• C: Kansas is an EPA-authorized state for RCRA Subtitle C, meaning KDHE administers the program in lieu of direct federal implementation, not EPA Region 7 acting alone.
• D: KDA's Pesticide and Fertilizer Program regulates pesticide applicators and dealers, an entirely separate program from hazardous waste generator regulation.

Correct answer: B. 1985

Correct. KDHE obtained authorization from EPA to administer the hazardous waste management program in October 1985, after Kansas first passed its own hazardous waste legislation in 1977.

• A: 2016 is the year EPA finalized the federal Generator Improvements Rule, a separate event from Kansas's original 1985 authorization.
• C: 1976 is when Congress passed RCRA nationally; Kansas did not yet have delegated authorization that year.
• D: 2013 marks the effective date of an updated Article 31 authorization package (including the current K.A.R. 28-31 regulations), not the year Kansas first obtained authorization.

Correct answer: C. Kansas Small Quantity Generator (KSQG)

Correct. The Kansas Small Quantity Generator (KSQG) is a category created solely under Kansas regulation, K.A.R. 28-31-262a, sitting between the state's Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator (CESQG) category and the Small Quantity Generator (SQG) category; it has no direct federal counterpart.

• A: VSQG is the current federal EPA term (adopted nationally in the 2016 Generator Improvements Rule) for the lowest-volume generator category, not a Kansas-only category.
• B: LQG is a category defined under both the federal scheme and Kansas's adopted regulations, not unique to Kansas.
• D: SQG exists under both federal RCRA and Kansas's adopted rules, so it is not unique to Kansas.

Correct answer: D. Less than 25 kilograms

Correct. Kansas's CESQG threshold is generating less than 25 kilograms of hazardous waste in a calendar month, a stricter (lower) cutoff than the federal VSQG threshold of less than 100 kilograms, marked in KDHE guidance as different from the EPA standard.

• A: 6,000 kg is the Kansas SQG on-site accumulation cap, not the CESQG monthly generation threshold.
• B: 1,000 kg per month would place a facility in the LQG range under either scheme, far above the CESQG threshold.
• C: Less than 100 kg per month is the federal VSQG threshold; Kansas sets its CESQG threshold lower.

Correct answer: A. Kansas Small Quantity Generator (KSQG)

Correct. The Kansas Small Quantity Generator (KSQG) category, unique to Kansas, covers facilities generating 25 kilograms or more, but no more than 100 kilograms, of hazardous waste in a single calendar month, which fits this facility's 60 kg.

• B: LQG status requires generating 1,000 kg or more per month, far above 60 kg.
• C: CESQG status requires generating less than 25 kg per month; 60 kg exceeds that Kansas-specific threshold.
• D: SQG status under Kansas's scheme requires generating more than 100 kg but less than 1,000 kg per month, above this facility's 60 kg.