SWANA and NWRA push for West Virginia to delay landfill air quality revisions

The National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA), Arlington, Virginia, and the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Silver Spring, Maryland, have recently filed comments with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Division of Air Quality in response to the agency’s proposed revisions to the state’s air quality rules for landfills.

The proposed revisions establish and adopt the emissions guidelines and compliance times of the latest subpart in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “Standards of Performance for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills” guidelines.

“As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fulfills its obligations to review federal air quality rules for landfills, NWRA and SWANA believe the most appropriate decision for our industry is for West Virginia to delay action until the EPA can complete its work,” Darrell Smith, NWRA president and CEO, says.

“SWANA and NWRA continue to work together to ensure that states understand that with EPA’s decision to reconsider the Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills rule, the most prudent plan is to delay any action until that process is complete. This is the best course to take for the states, the industry and the communities we serve,” David Biderman, SWANA executive director and CEO, says.

To read the state’s proposed revisions, go to https://bit.ly/2vYJCqy.