EPA Restates Pesticide Cleanup Stance, But Agrees To Weigh Site Factors

摘要

EPA waste chief Mathy Stanislaus is reiterating the agency's position that residual pesticides left in soil, once they no longer serve their "intended use," may be regulated as a hazardous waste but in a recent letter, he told a top Army official, who is concerned that the stance may trigger new cleanups, that the agency will consider site-specific factors, such as future land use, to determine which sites will actually require cleanups. "The EPA's position that these pesticides may be subject to corrective action authority under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is consistent with longstanding Agency policy," Stanislaus said in an April 30 letter to Katherine Hammack, the Army's assistant secretary for installations, energy & environment.