The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the deadline for public comment another 30 days – the NEW deadline for comment on the proposed federal rule is June 20, 2024.
Military bases and private facilities across the country release harmful pollutants into surrounding communities and the environment by burning and detonating millions of pounds of munitions and other hazardous wastes in the open air.
Please urge EPA to take swift action to END open air burning and open detonation and finally protect frontline communities, base workers, veterans and the environment.
Learn more about this proposed rule and submit YOUR comments at https://cswab.org/tell-epa-to-ban-open-burning-of-pfas-toxic-munitions/
UPDATE! On May 17, 2024, EPA published this map and table showing U.S. facilities that treat hazardous waste explosives by open burning or open detonation. You can find the EPA identification numbers, names, addresses, permitting statuses, and permit expiration dates for these facilities on this new map. (Zoom in on map to see Andersen Air Force base in Guam.)
https://www.epa.gov/hwpermitting/current-open-burning-open-detonation-facilities
Your support is our strength!
THANK YOU to everyone who has already submitted comments to EPA
supporting a BAN on open burning of hazardous waste.