What is Project XL?
UVM, Boston College and the University of Massachusetts Boston are working with the EPA and state regulators to test a new regulation for the management of laboratory chemical wastes. This project is authorized through the EPA’s Project XL program and this specific project is commonly called Lab-XL. The focus of this project is on the implementation of an institution-wide laboratory waste management program which effectively minimizes, reuses, collects and disposes of waste chemicals from campus teaching and research activities, and is detailed in the Environmental Management Plan (EMP). See http://esf.uvm.edu/uvmemp/empoverview.html#intro The advantage to the colleges of participating is that it provides significant regulatory flexibility to change laboratory waste management practices as the program evolves over time.
Project XL is a federal program designed to enable private industries to assume more responsibility for assuring compliance with applicable air pollution control requirements. The program is also designed to provide industries with more flexible permitting arrangements in return for superior environmental benefit. Projects accepted into the program are considered pilot projects which, if found to be successful, may be used as model permits to be applied to additional industries in the future. Project XL participants must apply for acceptance into the program and, once accepted, negotiate a project agreement with a group of stakeholders representing regulatory authorities and concerned citizens. The stakeholder group for negotiating Merck’s agreement consisted of neighboring citizens and representation from the following organizations: DEQ, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Interior, and Rockingham County Board of Supervisors. While participation of all stakeholders w
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