House Passes Bill to Increase State Authority in Hazardous Waste Cleanup

The 2013 Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act would reform Superfund hazardous waste cleanup regulations by increasing state participation in imposing remediation provisions. On January 9, 2014, the House of Representatives approved the 2013 Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act (H.R. 2279) aimed to increase the role of states in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Superfund hazardous…