EAB Rejects EPA Policy On RCRA Waste Rules For Injected Hydrocarbons

February 9, 2016
EPA's Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) has rejected EPA's position that injection of hydrocarbon materials such as chemical by-products into iron blast furnaces subjects them to Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) “waste” regulations, setting a potential precedent for future RCRA enforcement against such injections. In a complicated Feb. 2 ruling in In Re: Carbon Injection Systems, LLC , the board therefore scrapped an EPA enforcement action that sought to apply RCRA rules to hydrocarbon material injections at a furnace at...


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