EPA Reviews Nuclear Waste Decision, Expanding Scrutiny Of Trump Actions

EPA has agreed to environmentalists’ request to review a precedent-setting Trump-era decision that technology-based effluent limits for radionuclides are not enforceable at a Superfund cleanup, a sign officials are reviewing a broader universe of the prior administration’s actions beyond the rules the Biden administration has listed for review. Acting enforcement chief Lawrence Starfield told environmentalists in a June 9 letter that pursuant to Biden’s Executive Order (EO) 13990, which urged agencies to review Trump-era actions that fail to meet the...