Środowisko i energia · 7.09.1994

Public Meeting on the Draft National Waste Minimization Plan

On May 18, 1993, EPA Administrator Carol Browner announced, with the release of the Draft Hazardous Waste Minimization and Combustion Strategy, that EPA was taking a leadership role in reducing the amount of hazardous waste produced in this country and strengthening federal controls governing hazardous waste incinerators, boilers, and industrial furnaces. As part of that Strategy, EPA developed and released a Draft RCRA Waste Minimization National Plan in May of 1994. EPA's goal is to finalize the Phase I portion of the Plan by November 1994. Phase I is the primary vehicle for promoting source reduction and, secondarily, environmentally sound recycling of waste streams containing persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic compounds, and particularly metals and/or halogens that are likely to be combusted in boilers and industrial furnaces or hazardous waste incinerators. Phase II of the Plan will focus beyond hazardous wastes managed in combustion units to promote source reduction and recycling for wastes managed by other practices. In order to gain early and substantive input on Phase I, EPA will hold a three-day focus group meeting September 20-22, 1994, with invited participants. Par