On July 22, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published in the Federal Register a proposal to revise its Definition of Solid Waste rule. If adopted, the proposal would extend virtually all of the EPA’s existing hazardous waste requirements to hazardous secondary materials that a generator sends to an unrelated party for reclamation. The proposed regulations would also tighten requirements on generators performing their own recycling activities.

Companies engaged in hazardous materials recycling should carefully review the proposed regulations and consider commenting on them. Written comments must be submitted to the EPA by Oct. 20.

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