EPA Rejects Expanded Railroad Tie Non-Waste Determination In Final Rule

摘要

EPA has finalized, largely unchanged, a rule to allow three categories of materials to be burned as fuel without triggering stringent hazardous waste combustion emissions requirements, rejecting an industry push to expand the types of preservative-treated railroads covered by the rule. The agency says it will consider adding the other railroad ties through a separate rulemaking, although it notes it would be unable to finalize the rule by Jan. 31, 2016, which is a Clean Air Act compliance deadline for existing boiler units and the date by which facilities would need to make decisions on fuel use.