EPA publishes NSR ‘correction’ rule, starting clock for lawsuits

July 19, 2021
EPA July 19 published its new source review (NSR) air permitting “error correction” rule in the Federal Register , starting a 60-day clock for filing lawsuits over the rule that purports to be purely technical, but drops proposed regulatory changes that prompted state and industry criticism for hindering, rather than easing, air permitting. After criticism from states and industry of some proposed changes to the location within EPA’s air regulations of key terms, and definitional changes to those terms, the...


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