Court Sets Compromise Deadline For Hazardous Waste Combustor Rule

A federal district court has set a Dec. 31, 2025 deadline for the Trump EPA to complete a final rule revising air toxics limits for hazardous waste combustors (HWCs), rejecting agency arguments that it cannot issue such a rule until the summer of 2026, but also rebuffing arguments from environmentalists that the agency should release the rule sooner. In a Dec. 12 memorandum opinion in Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League v. Regan , Judge Amit Mehta of the U.S. District...