American Petroleum Institute v. Environmental Protection Agency

ELR Citation: 48 ELR 20038
No(s). 09-1038 (D.C. Cir. Mar 8, 2018)

The D.C. Circuit clarified an earlier ruling vacating portions of a 2015 rule that defined when certain hazardous materials were deemed discarded—as opposed to legitimately recycled—and therefore subject to EPA's oversight under RCRA. In 2017, the court upheld some aspects of the rule and vacate...