Legal Opinion
Military Toxics Project v. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 30, 1998No. 97-1342PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
The Military Toxics Project seeks review of a final rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency establishing the circumstances in which military munitions are deemed hazardous waste for purposes of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq. See Military Munitions Rule, 62 Fed.Reg. 6622 (1997) (challenged portions codified at 40 C.F.R. Pt. 266). For the reasons set out below, we deny the petition for review.
I. BACKGROUND
The RCRA establishes a comprehensive program to regulate the handling of “solid waste,” a term defined broadly in…
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