John has over forty five years of comprehensive environmental management experience. He has served as a South Carolina environmental regulatory official, manager of a remediation firm, a Senior region manager (for the largest hazardous waste management company in the US), the Southeast Region Manager for site assessment and remediation with a publicly traded global provider of professional environmental engineering services, and in 2008 he founded Novesis, Inc. - specializing in RCRA matters and CERCLA site assessments.
15 years in business!
We were so busy, we missed a company milestone! On December 16, 2023 our company had been in business for 15 years. …
Read MoreUniversal Waste Aerosol Cans - Final Rule Summary
The Aerosol Cans Universal Waste Final Rule (UW Rule) incorporates aerosol cans containing hazardous waste that are generated and accumulated by various entities into the EPA’s Federal Universal Waste Rules found in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR) Part 273. …
Read MoreThe US EPA’s View on Legitimate Recycling and the Generator-Controlled and Transfer-Based Exclusions for Hazardous Secondary Materials
The US EPA’s View on Legitimate Recycling and the Generator-Controlled and Transfer-Based Exclusions for Hazardous Secondary Materials (HSM). The concept of defining legitimate recycling in a manner that does not contribute to the disposal problem has been a historically difficult issue for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency). The Agency has described many past environmental contamination and/or cleanup issues from the stockpiling of materials that were never actually recycled. In some cases, companies continued to stockpile these materials until they went out of business leaving cleanup issues behind. …
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