EPA proposes to maintain leather sector's air toxics rule

EPA is proposing to leave its air toxics rule for leather finishing operations largely unchanged after conducting a Clean Air Act-mandated review of the 2002 rule to determine whether it needs revisions, but is planning to scrap existing emissions limit exemptions during periods of facility startup, shutdown and malfunction (SSM). In a March 14 Federal Register notice , EPA says the sector poses no additional health risks that would warrant a tighter maximum achievable control technology (MACT) rule limiting...