EPA final rule eliminates parts of RCRA regulatory definition of solid waste

摘要

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week published a final rule eliminating parts of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulatory definition of solid waste that the D.C. Circuit Court vacated in deciding Association of Battery Recyclers upsilon. EPA in April 2000.That ruling ordered the agency to correct not only glaring errors in the 1998 rule, but also to "define solid waste in accordance with this opinion. The March 13 rule seeks to address the first issue, but not the second. However, the agency added it will undertake a separate future rulemaking to propose additional revisions to its current recycling regulations.