EPA Air, Waste Proposal Seeks Legal Basis To Close Emissions 'Loophole'

摘要

Environmentalists say EPA's proposal to cut air toxics from combusting waste and other materials retains a Bush-era "loophole" to continue burning some materials developed on site without restriction, but groups welcome signals that the Obama EPA is soliciting comment on how to craft a legally defensible process to close the loophole.rnEPA April 30 proposed to broaden the definition of "non-hazardous waste" under the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) - an important question because facilities burning materials defined as waste would be subjected to strict air toxic emission limits for incinerators rather than less-stringent rules for boilers.