EPA Expected To Ease RCRA Rules To Address Millions Of Recalled Airbags

September 20, 2018
EPA's waste office has sent an interim final rule on managing recalled airbags to the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) for review, a measure that is expected to ease waste handling and disposal requirements for the millions of defective Takata vehicle airbags that have been recalled. OMB Sept. 19 received an interim final rule titled “Facilitating Safe Management of Recalled Airbags,” from EPA's Office of Land & Emergency Management (OLEM), according to its website. The rule, under...


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