GROUPS EYE NEW LAWSUIT OVER HAZARDOUS WASTE INCINERATORS RULE

December 16, 2004
Environmentalists are considering fresh legal action against EPA because they say the agency's proposed rule for the last remaining category of waste incinerators falls far short of what a court-ordered agreement requires. Earthjustice and Sierra Club say they may go back to court under the existing consent decree to try and force a more stringent proposal or file a new lawsuit, should EPA finalize what they consider a weak maximum achievable control technology (MACT) for the last remaining category of...


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