News Brief

EPA Announces Program to Control Hazardous Waste Combustion

On May 18 EPA Administrator Carol Browner announced a program to control hazardous waste combustion that may eliminate the burning of hazardous waste in cement kilns. Effective immediately, all new permits now require comprehensive risk assessment, and existing permits will be reviewed over the next 18 months, according to an EPA press release.

Published July 1, 1993

(1993, July 1). EPA Announces Program to Control Hazardous Waste Combustion. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/epa-announces-program-control-hazardous-waste-combustion

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