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      WHAT  IS RCRA ONLINE?
    RCRA Online is an electronic database of
 selected letters, memoranda, questions and
 answers, publications, and other outreach
 materials, written by the Environmental
 Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Solid
 Waste (OSW) since 1980. These documents
 cover the management of non-hazardous,
 hazardous, and medical waste regulated  by
 the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
 (RCRA). Updates occur on a monthly basis.

       HOW DO I  ACCESS IT?
    RCRA Online can be accessed using a
minimum of Netscape Navigator 4.x or
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x. Simply run
the browser and connect to RCRA Online
directly by entering the URL:

    http://www.epa.gov/rcraonline

   From the the Welcome Page, you can  nav-
igate to one of the three different search
screens to begin your document search.
RCRA Online provides users with the capabil-
ity to view and print the actual text of the
documents identified in a search.
      Welcome to RCRA Online

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     HOW DO I  SEARCH  TOPICS?
    RCRA Online allows users to locate
 documents though topical, full, and
 advanced search functions. Using the topic
 search function is the simplest way to locate
 documents in the database.
    The topics cover a wide range of RCRA
 subjects. To search the database by topic,
 choose the topic search icon on the tool bar.
    Click on the blue arrow next to the
 desired topic. To view detailed information on
 a particular  document, simply click on the
 document title.
> Ail Emissions (RCFW)
* Batteries
t BBSI Demonslroled Avolable Tschnology (BOAT]
t Bevill Amundment
 dick the arrow
 next to the
 topic heading
               Helpful Hint
   To search for a word using only the first
   few characters of the word, use the *
   (asterisk) as a wild card (e.g., if searching
   for battery or batteries type "ban*"}.

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                FULL TEXT?
     Type the keyword or keywords into the
  search field, separating each word -with a
  space (e.g., "battery lead plate"). To search for
  a string of words in a particular order, or to
  search for exact phrases, group the words
  within quotation marks (e.g., "solid waste").
     You can limit the number of documents
  in your search by using the pull down menu
  and choosing the desired number.
     The full text search also provides the
  option to search for word variants (e.g.,
  "battery" will show references to "battery"
  and. "batteries") and for synonyms or related
  words (e.g., the word "gas" will also show the
  words "vapor," "fumes," and "helium ")
   To perform the search, click on the
"Search" button adjacent to the keyword
field. The database will display a list of all the
documents that  meet the search parameters.
To view detailed  information on a particular
document, simply click on the document title.

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             HOW DO  I  USE
         ADVANCED SEARCH?
    The advanced search function provides for
 a search of the database by using specific
 criteria: date, author, recipient, title, regulato-
 ry part and subpart, regulatory section, statu-
 tory citation, fax-on-demand code, RCRA
 Permit Policy Compendium (RPPC) number,
 National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
 number, or EPA Document Number.
   The advanced search also allows searches
by keyword(s). When using the keyword field,
the advanced search provides the option to
search for word variants and for word
synonyms. The database will display a list
of all the documents that meet the search
parameters. To view detailed information on a
particular document, simply click on the
document title.

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