Environmentalists Resist EPA Plan To Delay End Of RCRA 'Fuels' Waiver

摘要

Environmentalists are signaling they will fight EPA's anticipated request to a federal appellate court for a lengthy 'transition period' before it ends its recently vacated regulation exempting some hazardous waste used as fuel from strict federal waste management regulations. In an Aug. 6 filing, Earthjustice, representing the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Sierra Club, says environmentalists "strongly disagree ... with EPA's assertions that it is necessary and appropriate to provide a lengthy 'transition period' to end the use of the comparable fuels exclusion," adding that the groups reserve the right to oppose any further delays.