BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f2292e55c12b7b3693150e53ebb0d49119 CATEGORIES:AEG President Visit SUMMARY:AEG Presidential Visit - Utah Chapter DESCRIPTION:
Salt Lake City, UT
RCRA Requirements for Hazardous Waste Land-base d Units
Cynthia Palomares, P.G., P.E., AEG President
The Resour ce Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) was passed by Congress in 1976 to r egulate hazardous waste from its development to its disposal. RCRA require s that all hazardous waste disposed of in land-based units must meet certai n criteria to ensure protection of human health and the environment. Land- based units that manage hazardous waste may include landfills, surface impo undments, waste piles, and land-treatment units. Requirements for land-bas ed units include criteria for siting, design, operation, and closure. In a ddition, hazardous waste must be treated to meet certain standards before d isposal in land-based units. As discussed in this case study, proper sitin g, design, and operating standards for a hazardous waste landfill in Texas will help ensure protection of human health and the environment.
AEG President Bio:
Cynthia D. Palomares is currently an Adjunct Instructor for the Texas A&M University, Texas Engineering Ext ension Service in College Station. As an adjunct instructor, Ms. Palomares conducts training courses for environmental professionals for certificatio n of Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. Prior to her work as an adjunct Instructor, Ms. Palomares was a Project Manager for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in Austin from 1993 until her retireme nt in 2016. As a project manager in the Industrial & Hazardous Waste P ermits Section, Ms. Palomares reviewed and evaluated hazardous waste permit applications for both regulatory and technical completeness to ensure comp liance with applicable hazardous waste, radioactive waste, and Texas Risk R eduction Program rules and regulations. Prior to her position as a project manager in the I&HW Permits Section, Ms. Palomares conducted technical reviews and processed applications for underground injection control (UIC) and in-situ leachate uranium mining facilities in the UIC/Radioactive Wast e Section of the TCEQ. Prior to employment with the TCEQ, Ms. Palomares wa s employed as a staff scientist for Westinghouse Hanford Company in Richlan d, Washington for three years.
Ms. Palomares earned both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Engineering Geology from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. She is both a Licensed Professional Geo logist and Licensed Professional Engineer in Texas.
Ms. Palomares joi ned AEG in 1986 as a student member of the Lone Star student chapter at Tex as A&M University. In 1990, she was awarded the “Best Student Presenta tion Award” at the Texas Section Spring Meeting. In 2011, she was awarded t he “Floyd T. Johnston Outstanding Engineering Geologist Award” at the Texas Section Fall Meeting. Service to AEG includes the following positions: L one Star Student Chapter Officer (1986-1990), Washington Section Field Trip Coordinator (1991-1993), Texas Section Treasurer (2001-2003), Texas Sectio n Vice-Chair (2004-2006), Texas Section Chair (2007-2009), Texas Section Pa st Chair (2010-2012), 2010 Shlemon Specialty Conference Chair on “Gulf Coas t Subsidence and Sea-level Rise”, Governance Committee member (2010-2012), Section/Chapter Support Committee Chair (2012-2016), AEG Strategic Plannin g Committee Co-Chair (2014 - 2016), AEG Secretary (2016-2017), AEG Treasure r (2017-2018), AEG Vice-President (2018-2019) and President (2019-2020).
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