Climate Change Adaptation Considerations and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Corrective Action Process

On February 6, 2024, EPA issued a memorandum with recommendations for EPA regions and RCRA authorized states about how to work with RCRA facility owners and operators to integrate climate change adaptation considerations into the RCRA corrective action process. This integration will help protect human health and the environment by ensuring that RCRA corrective action cleanups remain effective and prevent the migration of hazardous waste or constituents.

We accepted comments on the draft memorandum through November 17, 2023. We received a few comments and made some changes to the memo in response to those comments. Read the final memorandum.