RCRA Facility Assessment

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-023175",
  "term": "RCRA Facility Assessment",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A RFA is performed at a facility to determine the existence of any continuous or non-continuous releases of wastes. During the RFA, EPA or state regulators gather information on solid waste management units and other areas of concern at RCRA facilities, evaluate this information to determine whether there are releases that warrant further investigation and action, and determine the need to proceed to a RCRA Facility Investigation. See also Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.\n\n2. A step in the RCRA Subtitle C corrective action process where owners and operators compile existing information on environmental conditions at a given facility, including information on actual and potential releases.\n\n3. The first step in the Corrective Action permit process, where the regulatory agency identifies potential and actual releases from SWMUs and makes preliminary determinations about releases, the need for corrective action, and interim measures.",
  "abbreviation": "RFA",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "RCRA Glossary of Terms",
    "RCRA Corrective Action Terms and Acronyms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/rcra-facility-assessment/"
}