Hazardous Waste Management Capacity Development in the Delaware River Basin and New Jersey: A Program Strategy

摘要

This report prepared by Booz, Allen & Hamilton Inc., in support of the Delaware River Basin Commission/State of New Jersey study of off site hazardous waste management capacity development. In this Executive Summary, the overview and recommendations as well as the basis for the study, indication of what private and public sector capabilities to solve off site waste management needs new exist, suggest new program tools that may be effective in addressing hazardous waste problems and finally suggest a management strategy for Basin states to follow in addressing waste disposal needs. New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Pennsylvania have concluded that they jointly face a severe problem in managing hazardous wastes within the Delaware Basin region. The waste being generated in the region is coupled with a serious shortage of many types of off site hazardous waste treatment or disposal facilities convenient to industries in the Basin. The firm of Booz, Alles were asked to develop a program strategy that when implemented, would lead to establishment of new, suitable off site hazardous waste facilities.