"White House Clears EPA Rewrite of Hazardous Waste Rule"

"The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved a regulation that seeks to strengthen federal standards for recycling hazardous waste.

The rule to change the definition of solid waste under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) standards would partially roll back a 2008 rule from the final months of the Bush administration.

The 2008 rule loosened federal authority over some hazardous waste from industries like mining, agriculture and industrial operations, in what the EPA said was an effort to increase the recycling of those substances."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill November 18, 2014.