States Fear EPA Coal Ash Plan Conflicts With State 'Special Waste' Laws

摘要

State officials are raising concerns that the agency's proposal to regulate coal ash as a "special waste" under strict hazardous waste requirements could conflict with state laws that define special waste as non-hazardous, a situation that could require changes to state law or threaten state waste program delegation if the laws are not changed.rn"Only state regulators can appreciate and explain the ramifications of introducing a new hazardous waste classification involving high-volume, lower toxicity waste," the Association of State & Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) said in a recent letter seeking more time to comment on the agency's proposal.