Environmentalists Press EPA To Further Tighten Waste Combustor Plan

Environmental and public health groups are pushing EPA to toughen its proposal to cut air emissions from large municipal waste combustors (LMWCs), calling it a “welcome, if overdue, step in the right direction,” but saying that “the Clean Air Act compels EPA to go even further” to cut emissions of PFAS and other harmful pollutants. Environmental groups and community organizations have long targeted the large waste combustors as a source requiring tougher regulation, given concerns over toxic air emissions’ impacts...