By Ethan R. Ware , Partner, Williams Mullen EPA has issued a proposed rule and a supplemental proposal to a July 14, 2015 proposed rule that are designed to achieve additional reductions of landfill gas (LFG) and its components, including methane,... Read More

EPA is has released for public comment its draft expanded environmental justice analysis of the 2008 definition of solid waste. The draft evaluates the rule’s potential impact on low-income and minority communities. EPA is also requesting public... Read More

As part of the recent budget compromise in California, Governor Schwarzenegger signed SB 63 [ http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_63_bill_20090728_chaptered.html ] which abolishes, effective 1/1/10, the Integrated Waste Management... Read More

In December 2008 the Bush Administration issued the emissions-comparable fuel rule, as noted in prior posts. The final rule expanded 40 C.F.R., Part 261.38, and excluded from the definition of solid waste certain secondary materials (e.g., sludges, manufacturing... Read More

EPA is has released for public comment its draft expanded environmental justice analysis of the 2008 definition of solid waste. The draft evaluates the rule’s potential impact on low-income and minority communities. EPA is also requesting public... Read More

By Mack McGuffey, Troutman Sanders LLP On April 29, 2010, EPA issued its long-awaited proposal for a new Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standard for industrial boilers. The rule, if finalized as proposed, will impose stringent emission... Read More

As noted in prior posts, a final RCRA regulation was promulgated that redefined "solid waste" in October, 2008. The rule sought to exclude 1.5 million tons of material from RCRA regulation. Environmental activists have opposed the rule, and... Read More