EPA Finalizes Revised TSCA Rules For PCB Cleanup, Adding RCRA Options

EPA has finalized its rule expanding methods for cleanup and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), providing authorization to send some PCB waste to landfills subject to Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) standards instead of TSCA-regulated sites along with other changes in how the chemicals must be addressed. The final rule , published in the Aug. 29 Federal Register , aims to expand available options for extraction of PCB waste and determinative methods used to characterize and verify cleanup of...