♻️Implications of EPA's New Hazardous Waste Management Rule
Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; CCR Management Unit Deadline Extension Rule
Summary
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is taking direct final action to establish an additional option for owners or operators of active coal combustion residuals (CCR) facilities or inactive CCR facilities with a legacy CCR surface impoundment to comply with the facility evaluation report (FER) Part 1 requirements and to extend compliance deadlines for the remaining CCRMU provisions published in the Federal Register on May 8, 2024. The May 8, 2024 rule (Legacy Final Rule) established regulatory requirements for legacy CCR surface impoundments and CCR management units (CCRMU) under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
Agencies
- Environmental Protection Agency
Business Impact
$$$ - High
The text outlines compliance deadlines for waste management facilities, affecting financial burdens associated with regulatory requirements. It provides options for extending compliance timelines, which could result in cost savings with estimated annualized reductions in compliance costs valued at up to $10.1 million.