August 2014
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IDNR Files Revised Fracking Rules
By: Genevieve Essig Today, nearly a year after filing its first draft, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) filed revised rules implementing the Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act (225 ILCS 732) with the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR). IDNR reports that the revised rules were generated after considering “more than 31,000 comments amounting to… Continue reading
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EPA Proposes Hazardous Waste Delisting For John Deere
EPA recently proposed to exempt 600 tons of wastewater treatment sludge filter cake from regulation as a RCRA hazardous waste. 79 FR 49253 (August 20, 2014). EPA’s action follows John Deere’s filing of a delisting petition on January 28, 2014 seeking to exempt these F006/F019 wastes generated at the John Deere Des Moines Works in… Continue reading