WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Environmental Protection Agency has issued a rule called: U.S. Ecology Nevada, Inc. High Mercury Subcategory Wastes Land Disposal Restrictions Variance.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on June 26 by Thomas D. Croci, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Land Emergency Management.
Summary: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting, with conditions, U.S. Ecology Nevada Inc.'s (USE) petition for a site-specific treatability variance (SSTV) from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) treatment standards. USE's petition is for a variance from the existing treatment and disposal standard for elemental mercury waste generated from retorting high mer...