PROPOSED WESTERN STATE PSD REFORMS COULD PROVIDE NATIONAL MODEL

Officials in several Western states say changes they have proposed to simplify the agency's prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) program could provide a nationwide model for reforming the complicated requirements, which set out an air quality permitting regime that determines whether pollution can be increased near national parks and other pristine areas. Air quality officials in the West have been urging EPA to make changes to the way the agency implements the program, saying it puts a huge burden on...