EPA Outlines Early Plans For Lead-Soil Guide Ahead Of Cleanup ‘Strategy’

BOSTON -- EPA waste officials are offering broad outlines for how they plan to implement their strict new guidance on cleaning up lead-contaminated soil under its Superfund and corrective action programs but are cautioning state regulators that the more-detailed implementation strategy they are seeking is still “under development.” Carolyn Hoskinson, director of EPA’s Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR), told attendees at the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials’ (ASTSWMO) mid-year meeting here that “we are...