Posted October 21, 2011 SVW joins environmental community submitting comments to the EPA
Hydraulic Fracturing Friday, October 21st, 2011Schoharie Valley Watch (SVW) has joined 112 public interest groups from 39 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico in submitting a formal notice of comment to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding a proposed change to the Definition of Solid Waste (DSW) under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). SVW shares the concern of the environmental community that the proposed rule fails to adequately regulate the so called “toxic waster recycling” industry that has been responsible for 223 documented cases of serious environmental damage in the last two decades resulting in a growing number of Superfund Sites. SVW calls on the EPA to strengthen this proposed rule and eliminate significant gaps in enforcement. As Upstate NY residents face the potential of hydrofracking and the enormous volume of toxic waste drilling produces, it is vital that the Federal regulators control how toxic waste is handled and disposed of in order to give priority to the health, safety and quality of life of the area’s residents over the profits of the companies that produce that waste.
Schoharie Valley Watch (SVW) has joined 112 public interest groups from 39 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico in submitting a formal notice of comment to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding a proposed change to the Definition of Solid Waste (DSW) under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
SVW shares the concern of the environmental community that the proposed rule fails to adequately regulate the so called “toxic waster recycling” industry that has been responsible for 223 documented cases of serious environmental damage in the last two decades resulting in a growing number of Superfund Sites. SVW calls on the EPA to strengthen this proposed rule and eliminate significant gaps in enforcement.
As Upstate NY residents face the potential of hydrofracking and the enormous volume of toxic waste drilling produces, it is vital that the Federal regulators control how toxic waste is handled and disposed of in order to give priority to the health, safety and quality of life of the area’s residents over the profits of the companies that produce that waste.
