GROUPS DISPUTE IMPACT OF RULING FINDING CROP BURNING EXEMPT FROM RCRA

May 23, 2005
Environmentalists and industry officials are disputing whether a federal court ruling that said agricultural practices cannot be regulated under the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) creates exemptions from the law for other sectors, after the Supreme Court declined to review last year's decision exempting crop burning from RCRA regulation. Environmentalists involved in the case argue the federal court decision would allow almost any industry to argue for an exemption from RCRA, but industry observers counter the decision applies only...


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