EPA Rebrands Corrective Action Program As ‘Hazardous Waste Cleanup’

October 18, 2024
EPA is renaming its waste office’s former Corrective Action Program, which is responsible for remediation under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), to the “Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program” -- a move that officials described as part of an effort to better explain the program’s goals in “plain English.” Cliff Villa, deputy assistant administrator at EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM), announced the change during his Oct. 17 remarks at the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste...


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