EXPIRING ICR AUTHORITY MAY ALLOW BOILERS TO AVOID MACT PERMIT 'HAMMER'

EPA may not renew an expiring information collection request (ICR) authorizing the agency to seek data from industry for air toxics permits, which could allow industrial boilers to avoid obtaining site-specific permits due to EPA's failure to promulgate a rule for the units by a court-ordered deadline, according to an agency official. If authority for the ICR is not renewed, the agency cannot collect the information it will need to consider the site-specific permit applications industry must soon file. The...