EPA Plan To End 'Affirmative' Air Rules Defense Spurs Competing Attacks

EPA's plan to strike from its rules an "affirmative defense" for companies against liability for violating Clean Air Act standards is spurring competing attacks, with environmentalists saying it would still allow use of the defense in some cases while the liquid commodities terminal sector says the proposal ignores the need for the defense. Meanwhile, Idaho's Department of Environmental Quality in recent comments to EPA warns that the agency is not giving states enough time to take the necessary regulatory and...