Resources for Hazardous Waste Handlers
Vermont Hazardous Waste Newsletter - February 2024
Compliance handbooks, fact sheets, and other links and resources commonly used by hazardous waste handlers can be accessed via the links below:
hazardous waste
Regulations, Statutes & Procedures
Vermont Hazardous Waste Management Regulations (VHWMR), effective February 1, 2022:
VHWMR Effective February 1, 2022 (complete document)
Summary of Changes Vermont Hazardous Waste Management Regulations (VHWMR)
What Regulations Apply to me?
All generators in Vermont are required to determine if their waste is subject to regulation as hazardous waste under the Vermont Hazardous Waste Management Regulations (VHWMR). If you generate hazardous waste in Vermont, you are required to obtain an EPA Identification Number from the Vermont Hazardous Waste Program.
Hazardous Waste Permitting
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility (TSDF) Permits
Petroleum Clean-Up Fund
Established under the authority of 10 V.S.A Chapter 59 Section 1941, the Petroleum Cleanup Fund (PCF) was created to pay, subject to available funding, for certain uninsured costs for the cleanup and restoration of contaminated soil and groundwater caused by the releases of petroleum from aboveground storage tanks (ASTs) and underground storage tanks (USTs), and for the compensation of third party claims for injury and damage caused by such a release.
