Topic
Solid Waste
10 published works
EHS Law Insights
As of 1 September 2020, the PRC Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes has been revised
By Lianjun Li, Peter Glover, Cheryl Yu, Miao Li, Arthur Lam, Leah Lei
In 1996, the PRC Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes (“Current Solid Waste Law”) was established. In 2015, almost 20 years later, this PRC…
Louisiana Law Blog
EPA’s 2018 Definition of Solid Waste Rule and its Effect in Louisiana
On May 30, 2018, EPA finally promulgated modifications to its 2015 definition of solid waste rule (2018 DSW Rule).[1] EPA promulgated the 2018 DSW Rule in response to the D.C.…
frESH
D.C. Circuit Further Clarifies the RCRA Definition of Solid Waste Rule Ruling
On March 6, 2018, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals modified its 2017 ruling in American Petroleum Institute v. EPA, No. 09-1038, concerning US EPA’s Definition of Solid Waste (DSW)…
E2 Law Blog
Federal Court Holds Land Deposition of Air Emissions Can Constitute “Disposal” of “Solid Waste”
A federal district court ruled on March 10 that citizens may bring a RCRA imminent and substantial endangerment case based on the ground deposition of material emitted from a facility’s…
Louisiana Law Blog
EPA Clarifies Solid Waste Materials
By Kean Miller
On March 21, 2011, a final rule title “Identification of Non-Hazardous Secondary Material That Are Solid Waste” was published in the Federal Register. See, 76 Fed. Reg. 15456. The final…
Energy & Environmental Law Adviser
USEPA Clarifies Definition of “Solid Waste” to be Used With CAA
Originally published as a Schiff Hardin Environmental Update newsletter On March 21, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("USEPA") published a final rule identifying which non-hazardous secondary materials are "solid…
Land Use Prof Blog
Making Comprehensive Planning Optional (in Georgia)
It's not getting much play in the media, but there is legislation moving through the Georgia legislature that would make local comprehensive planning and solid waste planning optional. Currently both…
Massachusetts Land Use Monitor
DEP’s Transfer of Solid Waste Permitting Authority Premature
In a recent entry we discussed how the Massachusetts legislature amended the Massachusetts solid waste statute, M.G.L. c. 111, Sec. 150A, to shift the responsibility for permitting small solid waste transfer…
NC Legal Landscapes
The Anatomical Solution to Solid Waste Problems
By Tom Terrell
Environmental Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS to review Commerce Clause challenge to solid waste flow control ordinance
United Haulers Ass'n, Inc. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority, September 26, 2006: Solid Waste - Commerce Clause challenge to requiring delivery of all solid waste to publicly owned local…