EPA, NEW YORK BACK TIRES AS PAPER PLANT FUEL WITHOUT KEY PM CONTROLS

EPA is supporting a draft New York permit allowing a large paper company on the Vermont border to conduct emissions tests on burning waste tires as fuel without installing additional pollution controls for toxics and fine particles (PM2.5), despite furious opposition from Vermont lawmakers. The issue of burning used tires as fuel is growing in importance for both industry, which is seeking alternative fuels given soaring natural gas prices, and EPA, which issued a policy under its waste reuse initiative...