EPA TO INCLUDE CEMENT PLANTS, NON-UTILITIES IN NSR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS

EPA is targeting cement plants, glass manufacturers and acid producers for possible violations of new source review (NSR) requirements, along with a new focus on enforcing air toxics rules, as the agency continues to adjust its priorities away from NSR enforcement at electric utilities, a top EPA enforcement official told state officials this month. The shifting enforcement priorities come as EPA is reportedly scrutinizing industry compliance with air toxics rules under the maximum achievable control technology (MACT) program. But environmentalists...