Federal Letters & Comments

June 15, 2022: NWRA Letter to EPA about designating PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances 

May 10, 2021: CPSC Letter to NWRA Regarding 45 Injuries from Misuse of 96-Gallon Waste Containers

July 1, 2020: NWRA Letter to Congressional Leaders on Small Business Expense Protection Act

May 22, 2020: NWRA Position Paper Phase IV Bad Debt Relief

May 22, 2020: NWRA Position Paper Phase IV Access to PPE

May 22, 2020: NWRA Letter to Congressional Leaders on Phase IV Priorities

August 21, 2019: NWRA Comments on Udall/Lowenthal EPR Legislation

August 16, 2019: NWRA Comments on NHTSA Proposed Modifications to CNG Container Inspection Rule

August 16, 2019: NWRA Responds to Request for Information from OSHA on Proposed Changes to Lockout/Tagout Rule

June 10, 2019: NWRA Files Comments with U.S. Department of Labor in Support of Proposed Joint-Employer Rule

May 22, 2019: NWRA Sends Letter to Congress in Support of VA Education and Job Training Programs

May 10, 2019: NWRA Files Comments with EPA on Liquids Management at Landfills

April 9, 2019: NWRA Chairman Ben Harvey Submits Written Testimony to House Transportation Committee

March 14, 2019: NWRA Files Comments with EPA on 1990-2017 Draft Inventory of U.S. GHG Emissions and Sinks

March 6, 2019: NWRA Comments on Proposed SWEEP Standards for Municipal Waste Collection

February 28, 2019: NWRA Urges President to Raise Import Ban on Recyclables with Chinese

February 11, 2019: NWRA Urges Baltimore City to Reconsider Proposed Air Quality Regulations

November 27, 2018: NWRA Files Comments in Support of NLRB Proposed Rule to Clarify Joint-Employer Standard

November 14, 2018: NWRA Files Comments with FMCSA Seeking ELD Exemption

October 1, 2018: NWRA and NAM Comment on OSHA’s Proposed Rule on the “Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses”

September 6, 2018: Comments Urge FMCSA to Exempt Waste and Recycling Industry from ELD Requirements

June 25, 2018: Letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Urging It to Take Swift, Bipartisan Action on Reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act

June 14, 2018: Letter Urging the Senate to Take Swift, Bipartisan Action to Reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act

May 21, 2018: Letter to Vice President Pence from Terry Guerin and Darrell Smith

May 15, 2018: Business Groups in Support of FY2019 Census Funding

May 11, 2018: Letter to Rep. David McKinley on Opioids Drug Disposal

December 7, 2017: Letter to Chairman Chabot

October 23, 2017: Letter to Speaker Ryan in Support of “Save Local Business Act”