Environment

#2026-05395Ticari ve Endüstriyel Katı Atık İkincileri: Afet Kurtarma İşlerinde Kullanılan Geçici Kullanım İkincileri ve Hava Perdesi İkincileri; Geçici Nihai Kuralın İptali

🇺🇸United States··Final Rule·Medium Impact·Environmental Protection Agency·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

The EPA is rescinding temporary rules that had exempted certain waste incinerators used in disaster cleanup from standard emission requirements. The interim rules that allowed easier use of temporary incinerators after disasters are being withdrawn. This affects disaster recovery contractors, waste management companies, and communities recovering from natural disasters. Future disaster cleanup may face more regulatory hurdles for burning debris, potentially slowing recovery efforts.

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Action

Final rule; rescission of interim final rule.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Cease use of temporary-use incinerators and air curtain incinerators under the exemptions previously provided by the interim final rule for disaster recovery operations

Disaster recovery contractors, waste management companies, commercial and industrial waste incineration unit operators
prohibition
high

Comply with standard Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) emission requirements when operating temporary-use incinerators for disaster debris combustion, as the temporary exemptions have been rescinded

Operators of temporary-use incinerators and air curtain incinerators used in disaster recovery
operational
high

Obtain applicable permits and meet emission control standards that would have been required before the interim final rule for any non-hazardous debris incineration activities

Waste management companies and disaster recovery contractors operating incineration units
licensing