Industry Seeks Extension Of Comment Period For Waste Definition Rule

Major companies are asking EPA to extend the comment period on its recently proposed “hazardous waste” definition rule to align with its hazardous constituents PFAS listing rule, contending the definition rule is “novel” and could broaden the agency’s Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action program. In a Feb. 14 comment letter , law firm Morgan Lewis & Bockius, on behalf of the RCRA Corrective Action Project (RCAP), requests a four-week extension to the comment deadline for EPA’s proposed...