Seeking Compliance Focus, Industry Fights EPA Plans For New Drum Rules

Industry groups are urging EPA to focus on ensuring compliance with current Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) rules governing drum reconditioners rather than introducing new regulatory options, warning that the agency’s suggested revisions could increase burdens while failing to address risks officials have identified. Duke McCall, an attorney at law firm Morgan Lewis representing the Reusable Industrial Packaging Association (RIPA), told EPA’s Nov. 1 public webinar on its planned rulemaking for used drum management and reconditioning that the agency’s...