Help Close Bush-Era Toxic Waste Loophole!

http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/dsw_0609?qp_source=actioncenter

In its closing days of power, the Bush administration passed an eleventh-hour rule deregulating 1.5 million tons of hazardous waste.

Polluters around the country are lining up to take advantage of this dangerous new loophole. They're fighting hard to keep this rule on the books. We need to fight harder.

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http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/dsw_0609?qp_source=actioncenter

Help Close Bush-Era Toxic Waste Loophole!

In its closing days of power, the Bush administration passed an eleventh-hour rule deregulating 1.5 million tons of hazardous waste.

Before this change, polluters had to follow strict rules designed to keep communities safe: closely tracking hazardous waste, storing it in clearly-labeled, airtight and leak-proof containers. But not any more.

Polluters around the country are lining up to take advantage of this dangerous new loophole, which allows them to turn over their hazardous waste to unlicensed fly-by-night contractors, now free to ride off into the sunset with a truckload of poison-filled waste drums and tanks.

It's not hard to guess where these 1.5 million tons of hazardous waste will end up. When there are no regulations requiring safe practices at hazardous waste facilities, corners are cut. And the resulting dumping, spills and contamination of drinking water, air and soil disproportionately hurts our nation's poorest communities and communities of color.

We have one chance to turn back the clock on this dangerous policy.

The Obama administration has said it will re-evaluate the rule and is inviting public comments. Polluters are fighting hard to keep this rule on the books. We need to fight harder.

Action: Public Comments
Issue: Hazardous Waste
Deadline: July 14, 2009

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