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REGULATORY CONCERNS From Florida Dept of Env Protection Mr. Bill Hinkley Group Petitions EPA to Send Billions of Board Feet of Arsenic-Treated Wood to Hazardous Waste Landfills (Washington, DC, 07-22-2002 - Be yond Pesticides A national environmental group today petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to stop the disposal of billions of board feet of arsenic-treated wood with ordinary community waste and require that it be sent to hazardous waste landfills. Beyond Pesticides, a Washington-based environmental and public health group, told EPA that the waste should be treated as hazardous and disposed in lined landfills to prevent leaching of arsenic. Characteristics of chromated copper arsenate-treated wood ash. 06-26-2003