EPA Eases States' Air Violation Reporting Duty As New Database Launches

EPA is narrowing its 1998 policy defining which facility air violations are “high priority” events triggering federal reporting requirements to help reduce what states have called an onerous recordkeeping burden associated with the agency's new Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS)-Air reporting database launched earlier this month. In a quietly released memo to enforcement officials and counsel in all 10 EPA regions, the agency said the easing of the high priority violations (HPVs) reporting mandates were slated to take effect...