States See New Air Reporting Burdens Despite Eased 'High Priority' Criteria

States say they face new facility emissions limit violation reporting burdens despite EPA's recent decision to narrow criteria for high priority violations (HPVs) subject to federal reporting requirements, saying the change in policy does not alleviate extra work states must do under EPA's recently launched air compliance reporting database. While states are generally "very happy with how the HPV policy has been revised," EPA's move to the Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS)-Air databases, combined with the adoption of a new...