Environmentalists cite Iowa air plan approval to bolster SSM venue fight

Environmentalists are citing EPA’s proposal to allow Iowa to exempt companies from air emissions limits during facility startup, shutdown or malfunction (SSM) as further evidence that the agency is modifying national policy in related SSM decisions, and that litigation over the waivers should be heard in a key appellate court. In a June 24 filing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, environmentalists say that the agency’s June 22 Iowa proposal proves their point that...