On October 16, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) issued ...
The statute establishes a comprehensive system for managing solid and hazardous wastes from generation through final disposal. RCRA was enacted in 1976 in response to growing concerns about the ...
New federal guidance sets stronger standards for lead cleanup at contaminated sites, aiming to protect communities and ...
In an executive order issued February 19, 2025, President Donald Trump instructed federal agency heads to “initiate a process to review all regulations subject to their sole or joint jurisdiction” for ...
WASHINGTON -- At the current pace of cleanup work, it could take up to 35 years and $280 billion to fix most of the nation's existing and yet-to-be-discovered hazardous waste sites, the government ...
The National Nuclear Security Administration will submit a cradle to grave plan for hazardous waste generated by plutonium ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The hazardous waste left behind from decades of plutonium production is now being solidified into glass, the U.S. Department of Energy announced this week. The news came on the ...