Last October, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested public comment on a revised risk analysis regarding the proposed solvent-contaminated industrial wipe rule. Over the last two years, the agency has spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to assemble a risk assessment associated with shop towels. 
 
EPA hired two large, well-respected consulting firms, SAIC and RTI International, to conduct these studies. The studies were titled Landfill Loadings Calculations for Disposed Solvent-Contaminated Wipes and Laundry Sludge Managed in Municipal Landfills and Risk-Based Mass Loading Limits for Solvents in Disposed Wipes and Laundry Sludges Managed in Municipal Landfills. Each ...