Groups Sue EPA In Bid To Toughen Air Toxics Rules For Waste Combustors

October 17, 2022
A coalition of environmentalists is suing EPA, seeking to force the agency to review and tighten air toxics emissions limits for hazardous waste combustors, part of a broader drive to force the agency to review its suite of rules governing incinerators, boilers and a range of other combustion units that they charge are currently not stringent enough. In their suit filed Oct. 14 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, groups including Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League,...


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