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To subscribe, E-mail the words . . This law was passed to protect drinking water, but also at least partly to discourage construction of a waste treatment plant that GSX Chemical Services was trying to build near Maxton, NC, on the Lumber River. Since the RCRA statute specifically says states are allowed to establish standards stricter than those in the federal law, the legal basis for EPA's attack on NC was shaky from the start. EPA would almost certainly lose if the matter went to court. North Carolina's right to issue RCRA permits would not be challenged.