EPA DRAFTING NSR RULE BACKING NEW EMISSIONS MEASUREMENT APPROACH

EPA is working on a regulation that would back the electric utility industry's interpretation of how to measure pollution increases under the new source review (NSR) program, raising questions over whether the agency is retreating from the approach used to pursue alleged violations by Duke Energy and other utilities, according to knowledgeable sources. The work comes with EPA air chief Jeffrey Holmstead poised to depart the agency, and amid speculation that the air office is poised to soon issue one...