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Article: Waste Industry Briefs.(News)
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- Waste & Recycling News
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- July 6, 2009
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MEDICAL WASTE
Court halts Alaska medwaste company
A Federal Court in Alaska has ordered Nancy and James Oliver, doing business as Safety Waste Incineration in Wasilla, Alaska, to stop receiving, incinerating or handling hospital, medical and infectious waste after July 1, according to the U.S. EPA.
Judge John W. Sedwick, of the U.S. District Court of Alaska, issued a permanent injunction in a case brought by the EPA to get Safety Waste to comply with requirements of the U.S. Clean Air Act.
Last year, the court ruled that the Olivers had been violating the Clean Air Act and the Federal Plan Requirements for Hospital/Medical/Infectious ...