Nation IN BRIEF : NORTH CAROLINA : EPA Upholds Tough State Waste Laws
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
In a key test of state powers to regulate hazardous waste within their borders, the Environmental Protection Agency upheld the right of North Carolina to enact environmental laws tougher than federal requirements. GSX Chemical Services Inc. had asked the EPA to revoke North Carolina’s authority to run a hazardous waste program after the Legislature passed a law in 1987 setting discharge standards so stringent that they blocked GSX plans to operate a large regional treatment facility near Lumberton, N.C.
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