EPA extends comment period on scrapping ‘once in’ air toxics policy

EPA is extending by 30 days, from Sept. 24 to Nov. 2, the deadline for public input on its controversial plan to scrap the long-running “once in, always in” policy that requires “major” air toxics sources to always be subject to stringent emissions controls, after a group representing state air officials asked for more time to comment. The agency is slated to announce in an Oct. 2 Federal Register notice that it is granting the extension request filed by...