They aren't referring to the regulatory requirement, but the response, I think?

Like if people can put in this much time and effort in a remote desert environment to meet regulatory requirements, and document their efforts so thoroughly, why can't corpos?

for the curios or those that skipped over it:

"Black Rock City is only allowed to return to the playa each year if it passes a strict post-event inspection from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): No more than one square foot of debris can remain per acre (0.23 m²/ha)."

I fairly obviously meant outside of this specific instance, if pollution etc were policed and responded to in such a manner.