. It has been over thirty years since Congress told EPA to protect the public from the harms of this incinerator pollution, and environmental justice communities are still waiting for those protections. EPA has committed to advancing equitable outcomes in environmental justice communities and building meaningful engagement with these communities. The time to deliver on those commitments is now.

EPA’s proposed revisions to its LMWC Standards come over thirty years after Congress told EPA to protect the public from the harms of incinerator pollution. The Proposed Rule is a welcome, if overdue, step in the right direction towards achieving Congress’s mandate.

Al negar la renovación de permiso a Phibro-Tech, DTSC puede comprobar a residentes de Los Nietos y a todos los Californianos, que el departamento está dispuesta a tomar la guarda críticamente en contra de la contaminación tóxica de industrias.

By denying Phibro-Tech’s permit renewal, the Department of Toxic Substances Control can prove to Los Nietos residents, and all Californians, that the department is a critical safeguard against industry’s toxic contamination.

Colin Parts, Attorney, Community Partnerships Program: “EPA should use this rulemaking opportunity to gather data on existing emissions of PFAS to support a future rulemaking requiring emissions reduction.”

Colin Parts (he / him) is an associate attorney in the Community Partnerships Program, based in New York. Prior to coming to Earthjustice, Colin was a fellow in the toxics program at the Environmental Defense Fund. He went to college and law school at the University of Chicago (the city of Chicago still holds a…

Jonathan Smith, Attorney, Community Partnerships: “For far too long, municipal waste incinerators have been exposing environmental justice communities across the nation to unnecessary risks and far dirtier air. We’re relieved to see the EPA is finally taking action to strengthen its oversight of waste incinerators, and we’re hopeful that the updated standards will provide overburdened…

Angela Johnson Meszaros, Managing Attorney, Community Partnerships Program: “It can’t be that a system that’s held together at best by bubble gum and baling wire is the thing that we’re doing in a developed nation to manage hazardous waste.”

Thein Chau, Attorney, Community Partnerships, Program, Earthjustice: “Under the law, there are minimum requirements that hazardous waste incinerators need to meet, and they can’t go any lower. LDEQ failed to apply the law correctly despite the clear language.”

Based in Los Angeles, Adam is an associate attorney with the Community Partnerships Program.

This report highlights four key issues that EPA must address when updating air emission standards from large municipal solid waste incinerators. Meet three communities exposed to unnecessary risk of harm from EPA’s current, weak rules.

Angela Johnson Meszaros, Managing Attorney, Community Partnerships, Earthjustice: “If there was ever a time when it was appropriate to have a secondary lead smelter in Los Angeles County, that time has long since passed.”

Based in New York, Danny is a litigation assistant with the Community Partnerships program.

Angela Johnson Meszaros, Managing Attorney, Community Partnerships Program, Earthjustice: “If they can’t comply with the requirements, the city can petition the court to declare them a nuisance. Nuisance operations have to be corrected or shut down.”

Prutehi Litekyan: Save Ritidian appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from the Judgment entered on October 6, 2022 (ECF No. 34), and from the Decision and Order Granting Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss entered on October 6, 2022 (ECF No. 33).

The appeal seeks reversal of the Guam District Court’s decision, which lets the Air Force shirk its duty to consider safer disposal technologies and locations for hazardous waste explosives

Petroleum refineries are inherently dangerous operations and significant sources of pollution that put nearby community members at risk.

Las operaciones de refinerías de petróleo son inherentemente peligrosas y fuentes de contaminación significativas que ponen en riesgo a miembros de la comunidad.