SWEEPING NEW EPA PROPOSAL FOR PARK AIR RULES TO END 'INCREMENTS'

EPA is proposing to abolish local emissions limits known as 'increments' as one option in a sweeping new proposal to overhaul the way the agency sets pollution limits in its prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) permit program, which covers national parks and other areas attaining air quality standards. The option, one of several in the new proposal, would set up nationwide or regional cap-and-trade programs in lieu of the increments. Environmentalists and some National Park Service (NPS) sources are criticizing...