EPA Fights Request To Rehear Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials Ruling

EPA is fighting environmentalists' bid for a federal appeals court to rehear its recent unpublished ruling that upheld the agency’s non-hazardous secondary materials (NHSM) waste definition rule, arguing that advocates failed to prove that the court's decision was at odds with prior legal precedent and that the court should reject the request. Earthjustice, representing the Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN), the Sierra Club and other groups, on July 20 petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...