Proposed Rule Environmental Protection Agency February 6, 2026

US Ecology Nevada, Inc. High Mercury Subcategory Wastes Land Disposal Restrictions Variance

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to grant, with conditions, US Ecology Nevada Inc.'s (USE) petition for a site-specific treatability variance from the Resource Conservation and...

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Document type: Proposed Rule. Agency: Environmental Protection Agency. Published: 2026-02-06.

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