Advocates Threaten Suit To Force EPA RCRA Rules For Oil & Gas Wastes

Environmentalists are threatening to sue EPA to force development of first-time Resource Conservation & Recovery (RCRA) subtitle D solid waste rules for oil and gas wastes, after they failed with a push for EPA to reconsider its 1988 finding that disposal of the wastes should not be managed under subtitle C hazardous waste requirements. A coalition of environmental advocacy groups Aug. 26 filed a notice of intent (NOI) to sue EPA alleging the agency is violating the waste law by...