Environmentalists Urge EPA To Broadly Apply Waste Definition To PFAS Class

Environmental groups are strongly backing EPA’s proposed “hazardous waste” definition rule, saying it would codify a longstanding interpretation of the agency’s Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action authority and bolster EPA cleanup efforts, while they are also urging EPA to broadly apply the definition to PFAS as a class. RCRA’s “language, structure, legislative history, and implementation demonstrate that the statutory -- not the narrower, qualified regulatory -- definition applies to the [corrective action] Program,” say March 26 comments...