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Oct 14, 2026
Charles FaderHOST
That is, uh, the most hazardous or most contaminated sites are called Superfund sites, and CERCLA, uh, is what, uh, regulates, um, those types of sites.
Charles FaderHOST
Then we have RCRA.
Charles FaderHOST
RCRA, RCRA stands for, it's the acronym.
Charles FaderHOST
It stands for, uh, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and it regulates the investigation and cleanup of hazardous waste, uh, releases at, uh, you know, industrial facilities and that type of thing.
Charles FaderHOST
So those are more, uh, reactive to things that are currently being spilled, you know? Currently needs to be dealt with because it, like, just happened.
Charles FaderHOST
That's where RCRA is.
Charles FaderHOST
S- where CERCLA is more historical, uh, it's sites that have had been storing old contamination.
Charles FaderHOST
So that's the difference in the two.
Kelly WilliamsHOST
... something's gonna trigger that, that, that truth.
Kelly WilliamsHOST
And, you know, another thing that I think the average consumer doesn't know is part of it is congressional, because in 1979 we passed a law called s- called the RCRA law, but it's the Recycle Conservation and Recovery Act.
Kelly WilliamsHOST
And it, that's what-
JT TurnerGUEST
Mm
Sopan JoshiGUEST
Can I ask
Sonia SotomayorPANELIST
one fundamental question in this case? How are RFRA and NEPA irreconcilably conflicting? I mean, they may cover some of the same ground, but NEPA starts before a decision is made.
Sonia SotomayorPANELIST
RFRA occurs during the decisions.
Sonia SotomayorPANELIST
So how are they irreconcilably conflicting?
Sopan JoshiGUEST
So we are not relying on the irreconcilable or clearly and fundamentally conflict line from Flint Ridge or the new NEPA amendment.
Sonia SotomayorPANELIST
I'm sorry.
Sonia SotomayorPANELIST
All it's saying to you is do them.
Sonia SotomayorPANELIST
When you get into RFRA, you've got it done.
Sonia SotomayorSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Oh, wait a minute.
Sonia SotomayorSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I, I'm totally lost here Um, the Guam EPA has to accept an obligation that complies with RFRA law, correct?
FlynnSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Uh, they have to-
Sonia SotomayorSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And if RFRA law requires an NEPA, wouldn't they be acting ultra virus by approving something without NEPA?
FlynnSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So they have to fulfill all of RCRA's requirements, and I'm just saying that because NEPA's a sep-
Sonia SotomayorSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And if that includes, and if that includes that the application must have a NEPA analysis, why isn't the failure subject to Guam review?
Neil GorsuchSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I certainly would.
Neil GorsuchSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Sorry, please.
Melissa MurrayHOST
Well, listeners, this seems as good a time as any to remind you that we need to talk about Clarence Thomas, because this isn't just about the Supreme Court and the majority in Trump versus United States, which granted the president a broad get out of jail free card that would be immunity for his core constitutional actions, as well as things in the outer perimeter of his core constitutional actions and on and on and on.
Melissa MurrayHOST
This was also a case where our friend Clarence Thomas decided to put pen to paper to write a separate concurrence arguing that the special counsel statute under which Jack Smith was appointed was unconstitutional.
Melissa MurrayHOST
And as is typical of a Thomas concurrence, no one on the court signed on to this madness, but it did tee up that argument.
Melissa MurrayHOST
And that was the argument that one Eileen Cannon, a federal district judge in Fort Pierce, Florida, latched onto to dismiss the Mar-a-Lago documents case, which is all to say that the court really covered its bases in the Trump versus United States opinion.
9 MINS LATER
Kate ShawHOST
I don't know who celebrates it.
Leah LitmanHOST
To all who celebrate.
Kate ShawHOST
But by statute, for everyone, the first Monday in October is the start of the Supreme Court term, and we have arrived at that inauspicious date.
Kate ShawHOST
And so here we are.
Pat ConnollyNARRATOR
During the search, the EPA documented the presence of expired hand sanitizer that had been dumped on the property outside in a pile measuring 73 feet long by 24 feet wide by 5 feet high.
Pat ConnollyNARRATOR
Samples were taken of the hand sanitizer and determined to be ignitable according to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, meaning the hand sanitizer was considered a hazardous waste.
Pat ConnollyNARRATOR
At the time, Hale was vice president of Regional Logistics Group LLC, a warehousing business that was a tenant at 3800 Highland Avenue, Niagara Falls.
Pat ConnollyNARRATOR
Investigators called Hale during the search and asked how the hand sanitizer got on the property, to which he replied that he had no idea and didn't know when the hand sanitizer had been brought to Highland Avenue.
speaker_1HOST
Gotcha.
speaker_0HOST
Second, corrective actions involving cleanup operations at sites covered by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of nineteen seventy-six, which we'll just call RCRA.
speaker_1HOST
Perfect.
speaker_0HOST
Third, voluntary cleanup operations at recognized uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.
James StoutHOST
I want to read a list of all the laws she waived, because I think it gives a good impression of things that matter less to these people than building a giant monument to grift and hatred.
James StoutHOST
The National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Migratory Bird Conservation Act, the Clean Air Act, the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, the Paleontological Resources Protection Act, the Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1988, the National Trail System Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Noise Control Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environment Response Compensation and Liability Act, the Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act, the Antiquities Act, the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act, the Eagle Protection Act, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, Section 438 of the Energy Independence and Security Act, the National Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, the Farmland Policy Protection Act, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, the Wild Horse and Burrow Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and the Otay Mountain Wilderness Act of 1999.
James StoutHOST
Each of these laws was passed for a reason.
James StoutHOST
It's not easy in this country to restrain capitalism through the law.
Lynn BergesonHOST
You know, the federal law is not as old as FIFRA.
Lynn BergesonHOST
It's very well established, having been enacted in 76, the same year as RCRA.
Lynn BergesonHOST
It was, as many of our listeners know, significantly revised 10 years ago with the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act.
Lynn BergesonHOST
It's a key federal law, but certainly doesn't have the profile or notoriety that the other more traditional clean air, clean water, Rick Ross circle of laws have enjoyed.
Lynn BergesonHOST
It's, you know, as I said, kind of less relatable.
Lynn BergesonHOST
And early on, it was less seemingly broadly applicable.
12 MINS LATER
Lynn BergesonHOST
And if they impart all of these wonderful properties, how do we know our existing legal structure is up to the task of regulating potential risk? So a project that we engaged in as a committee was to prepare briefing documents on how our existing federal environmental laws were up to the task of identifying and managing potential risks from nanotechnology as a new and evolving technology, which, again, almost...
Lynn BergesonHOST
Gosh, 20 years ago, nano was a big deal.
Pat ConnollyNARRATOR
During the search, the EPA documented the presence of expired hand sanitizer that had been dumped on the property outside in a pile measuring 73 feet long by 24 feet wide by 5 feet high.
Pat ConnollyNARRATOR
Samples were taken of the hand sanitizer and determined to be ignitable according to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, meaning the hand sanitizer was considered a hazardous waste.
Pat ConnollyNARRATOR
At the time, Hale was vice president of Regional Logistics Group LLC, a warehousing business that was a tenant at 3800 Highland Avenue, Niagara Falls.
Pat ConnollyNARRATOR
Investigators called Hale during the search and asked how the hand sanitizer got on the property, to which he replied that he had no idea and didn't know when the hand sanitizer had been brought to Highland Avenue.
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