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Virginia board adopts annual updates to hazardous-waste and hazardous-materials transport regulations to align with federal rules
Summary
The Virginia Waste Management Board voted to adopt DEQ-recommended annual updates to hazardous waste (9 VAC 20-60) and hazardous-materials transportation (9 VAC 21-10) regulations that incorporate recent EPA and DOT rulemakings, with no recorded opposition.
The Virginia Waste Management Board on [date of meeting] voted to adopt Department of Environmental Quality staff recommendations to update two sets of regulations so state rules match recent federal changes. Rebecca Rath, a DEQ regulatory analyst, told the board the hazardous waste update incorporates EPA rulemaking through July 1, 2025, including e-Manifest technical corrections, integration of manifest changes for exports, amendments affecting certain polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) manifest provisions, and other technical corrections.
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