Spent Petroleum Catalyst Recycling and Critical Minerals and Metals Recovery Exemption Act

This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a final rule, as soon as practicable, stating that units that recover metals such as vanadium from certain spent petroleum refining catalysts are exempt from federal hazardous waste rules for boilers and industrial furnaces. The exemption would cover thermal treatment units like roasters and metal recovery units like furnaces and hydrometallurgical units. The rule would also clarify that an existing waste exclusion can be used when spent catalyst is sent to a third party for metal recovery. The rule would take effect when published and would be issued without the usual public notice and comment process.

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• Jon Husted Republican sponsor
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