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The U.S. EPA’s National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives for the 2024-2027 period include multiple focus areas relevant to the waste industry. The updated initiatives are a part of a standard process to help the EPA and state environmental agencies prioritize enforcement efforts.
Under a new enforcement goal of “mitigating climate change,” the agency lists methane emissions from landfills as a key focus area. Landfills were not part of the agency’s last enforcement priority update in 2019.
Other new enforcement areas include “addressing exposure to PFAS,” with a mention of “industrial parties who significantly contributed to the release of PFAS into the environment. “Protecting communities from coal ash contamination” is another new area, with a mention of coal combustion residuals at on-site landfills.
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