ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: US ECOLOGY NEVADA, INC. HIGH MERCURY SUBCATEGORY WASTES LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS VARIANCE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule called: US Ecology Nevada, Inc. High Mercury Subcategory Wastes Land Disposal Restrictions Variance.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Feb. 6 by John W. Busterud, Assistant Administrator, Office of Land Emergency Management.

Summary: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant, with conditions, US Ecology Nevada Inc.'s (USE) petition for a site-specific treatability variance from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) treatment standards. USE's petition is for treatment and disposal of elemental mercury waste generated from retorting high mercury waste in accordance with ...