APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS EPA DECISION TO WITHOLD RCRA LISTINGS

A federal appeals court last week ruled that EPA was within its authority when it decided not to list 14 chemical solvents as hazardous substances under strict treatment, storage and disposal requirements of the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA). Ruling against a challenge filed by environmentalists and the hazardous waste treatment industry, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held May 5 that the agency's methodology to determine whether the solvents are hazardous was consistent...