EPA Finalizes RCRA Climate Guide Seen ‘Underscoring’ Industry Practice

EPA has quietly issued a final guide adding climate change considerations to its procedures for Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) “corrective action” permit decisions, a move one former agency waste official says will largely “underscore” practices already in place among industry. On Feb. 6, EPA released its memo titled “Integrating Climate Change Adaptation Considerations into the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Corrective Action Process,” which details how regions and states should work with RCRA facility operators “to integrate climate...