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To subscribe, E-mail the words . . RCRA-authorized states are free to continue issuing licenses to new hazardous waste incinerators, if they choose to. It is true that EPA does retain ultimate authority over every RCRA facility, including all incinerators. However, based on recent history, it seems unlikely that EPA chief Carol Browner would exercise this authority to prevent the operation of a new hazardous waste incinerator after a state has allowed such a machine to be built. In the case of WTI, there were several compelling reasons that EPA could have used to deny WTI a permit for commercial operation.