NRDC BLASTS EPA'S BUILDING CODE COMPARISON WITH NSR COST THRESHOLD

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is taking issue with EPA's justification of its cost-based threshold to exclude facility upgrades from new source review (NSR) requirements, after the agency compared its threshold to similar approaches used in building codes. A source with the group also claims the comparison between EPA's 20 percent cost exclusion and exceptions from building codes for remodeling work was designed as an after-the-fact way for industry to help the agency win its court fight over the...