Environmentalists Urge EPA To Scrap Plan For Narrow Air Permit Review

Environmental groups are pressing EPA to scrap its plan to codify a narrow view of Title V air permit reviews that they say contravenes the “plain language and purpose” of the Clean Air Act, blocking both the agency and private citizens from scrutinizing the terms of underlying new source review (NSR) pre-construction permits. “EPA’s proposed rule would codify a Trump-era policy that represents a dramatic and ahistorical change of course from the Clean Air Act’s Title V provisions and EPA’s...