EPA Agrees To Review Schedule For Large Waste-Combustors Air Rules

May 30, 2023
EPA has agreed with environmentalists on a timetable for review of its air rules governing large municipal waste combustors, in a move that would settle litigation brought over the agency’s failure to timely update its rules that the plaintiffs say are too weak to protect public health from risks posed by the incinerators. Under the May 23 deal , EPA would sign a proposed rule to review and possibly revise its emissions standards for “large municipal waste incinerators” by Dec...


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