The National Association for Surface Finishing (NASF) is preparing comments on the EPA’s proposed rule concerning the new definition of solid waste with plans to submit to the agency this month on behalf of the surface finishing industry.

This past March the EPA issued a supplemental proposal to revise the definition of solid waste to encourage the recycling of more hazardous secondary materials. The proposed new definition of solid waste would exclude wastes that are recycled from regulation as a hazardous waste and could facilitate more recycling of electroplating waste water treatment sludge, i.e., the listed hazardous waste, F006. 

For more information on the new definition of solid waste, visit the official website of the National Association for Surface Finishing (NASF), www.nasf.org, or contact headquarters at (202) 457-8404.  You can also contact the NASF policy arm, The Policy Group, directly at (202) 457-0630.