Board stops California toxic waste regulators from weakening a hazardous waste rule (AP)

“California shouldn’t weaken hazardous waste rules to allow local landfills to accept toxic dirt that currently goes to two specialized disposal sites in the Central Valley and hazardous facilities in other states, the state Board of Environmental Safety voted Thursday.

The vote went against a proposal by the Department of Toxic Substances Control that had prompted fierce opposition from environmental groups.

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‘I don’t think that municipal waste landfills were ever designed to accept this kind of waste, and to deregulate it … puts those landfill communities’ at risk, said Jane Williams, executive director of California Communities Against Toxics.”

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