Oil and Gas Fracking 'Toxic Mess': Lawsuit against US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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<p>‘O May 4, several e viro me tal orga izatio s file a laws it agai st the U.S. E viro me tal Protectio Age cy (EPA), calli g for a e to the reg latory exemptio it carve o t i the late 1980s for the oil a gas i stry with regar s to how it ha les i strial waste.</p>
<p>That exemptio to the Reso rce Co servatio a Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, a rece t DeSmog i vestigatio showe , was p she i the forefro t almost from ay o e of RCRA’s passage by the I terstate Oil a Gas Compact Commissio (IOGCC).IOGCC is a U.S. Co gress-chartere i terstate compact co sisti g of U.S. oil a gas pro ci g states, with a membership roll that i cl es state-level reg lators, i stry lobbyists a exec tives.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www. esmogblog.com/2016/05/24/iogcc-loophole-frackq akes-fe eral-laws it" target="_bla k">Rea more: Oil a Gas Fracki g ‘Toxic Mess’: Laws it agai st US E viro me tal Protectio Age cy (EPA)</a></p>