EPA extends comment on petroleum storage vessels plan

EPA is extending public comment by 18 days on its proposal to tighten limits for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from more than 9,000 tanks storing petroleum and other organic liquids, after receiving “numerous requests for additional time” from industry associations, the agency says. In a Nov. 21 Federal Register notice , EPA extends the deadline for comment from Nov. 20 to Dec. 8. EPA’s Oct. 4 proposal would modify the new source performance standards (NSPS) for the sector...