A liquid waste has a pH of 2.0. Under the RCRA-based characteristic waste framework, this pH level is generally relevant to which hazardous waste characteristic?
A. Corrosivity
B. Reactivity
C. Toxicity
D. Ignitability
Source: Minn. R. 7045.0214 (waste evaluation)
Under the RCRA-based characteristic waste framework Minnesota applies, which of the following is one of the four recognized hazardous waste characteristics used to determine if a solid waste is a 'characteristic' hazardous waste?
A. Palatability
B. Marketability
C. Portability
D. Ignitability
Source: Minn. R. 7045.0214 (waste evaluation)
Minnesota's hazardous waste generator rules, found in Minn. R. chapter 7045 and administered by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), are generally based on which federal framework?
A. The federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and its implementing regulations, with Minnesota-specific additions
B. The federal Clean Water Act exclusively, with no relation to RCRA
C. The federal Endangered Species Act
D. There is no relationship between Minnesota's rules and any federal framework
Source: Minn. R. ch. 7045
Under Minn. R. 7045.0206, a facility that generates less than 100 kg of hazardous waste and less than 1 kg of acute hazardous waste per calendar month generally falls into which generator category?
A. Small quantity generator (SQG)
B. Very small quantity generator (VSQG)
C. There is no generator category below 1,000 kg per month
D. Large quantity generator (LQG)
Source: Minn. R. 7045.0206
A Minnesota facility generates 400 kg of hazardous waste in a calendar month, with no acute hazardous waste generated. What generator category does this facility generally fall into?
A. Small quantity generator (SQG)
B. Large quantity generator (LQG)
C. The facility is entirely exempt from any generator category
D. Very small quantity generator (VSQG)
Source: Minn. R. 7045.0206
