It is in the interest of that industry, we believe, that EPA has carried out this attack on North Carolina's health, environment and sovereignty. We feel that it is important to recognize and root out the corruption within EPA, so that agency can be put on the right track for controlling hazardous waste. The way the agency is proceeding is costing the public a fortune in new superfund sites without solving the hazardous waste problem. Your own Congressional Office of Technology Assessment has shown that hazardous waste can be considerably reduced. Yet the agency continues to promote the profligate waste management practices of the commercial waste management industry.
Hazardous waste is the business of the commercial hazardous waste management industry.
As a business, their income is produced by taking in wastes through the gates of their facilities. The more the better. Expense is incurred by treating the waste so as to protect human health and the environment. A successful business maximizes income and does everything it can to reduce expenses. Serious waste reduction would be the death of this extremely profitable industry.