To whom does the RCRA provide regulations?

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) establishes a framework for the proper management and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste. The regulations outlined in the RCRA primarily target the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as it is the federal agency responsible for implementing and enforcing the regulations set forth in this act. The EPA is tasked with overseeing waste management practices across the United States, ensuring that both environmental standards are maintained and that public health is protected from the dangers associated with waste.

The RCRA provides guidelines that the EPA uses to set national standards, which state how waste should be handled and how facilities should operate. While the RCRA does indeed have implications for state governments, local municipalities, and private corporations, those entities work in conjunction with the EPA to comply with the federal regulations. In this way, the RCRA ultimately places the regulatory responsibility on the EPA, making it the primary focus of the act.