RSR Corp.: Manifest Needed for Battery Export-Import Rule

The Environmental Protection Agency should require the use of a hazardous waste manifest for all shipments of spent lead acid batteries, including international shipments, a lead smelting company said in comments on the agency’s proposed hazardous waste export-import rule (RIN 2050-AG77).

RSR Corp. said the agency falls short of its stated goal of providing greater protection to human health and the environment by making existing export- and import-related requirements more consistent with those among members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, particularly with respect to exports of lead batteries to Mexico. RSR wrote on behalf of itself and ...