WESTERN STATES URGE EPA TO ADOPT LONG-AWAITED PSD ADVICE

The Western States Air Resources Council (WESTAR) last month formally adopted 14 recommendations to EPA on how to reform and simplify the prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) permit program, which is designed to maintain clean-air areas such as parks and wilderness. But the group, comprised of Western state officials, acknowledges that the consensus recommendations are a "carefully balanc[ed]" compromise that EPA should adopt in its entirety, rather than piecemeal. "We encourage EPA to consider these recommendations in total, thereby maintaining...