ASTSWMO’s members oversee the implementation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which includes three separate subtitles: RCRA C: Hazardous Waste, RCRA D: Solid Waste/Recycling, and RCRA I: Underground Storage Tanks (UST); the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); and Brownfields. These statutes ensure that the land we use every day is protected. Federal funding provides support to States to regulate actions within RCRA, Superfund, UST, Brownfields and more.
On April 8, 2026 ASTSWMO submitted comments on four house Bills introduced at the March 4, 2026, Hearing: “Ready for Reuse: Legislative Proposals to Unleash the Potential of America’s Brownfields Sites
Dania Rodriguez, Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials, Executive Director; Testimony prepared for the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. This testimony is addressing EPA FY26 appropriations.
On April 4, 2025, ASTSWMO submitted written testimony to the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, & Related Agencies addressing FY26 Appropriations for the U.S. EPA.
ASTSWMO Executive Director joined eight other State environmental media associations in a letter to U.S. House and Senate leadership highlighting the importance of federal implementation funding.
