Farm groups surprised by Wheeler’s biomass permitting plan

Farm sector groups are urging EPA to quickly issue a rule declaring that crop residue is carbon neutral for air permitting purposes, similar to a pending plan addressing woody biomass, expressing surprise at EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s announcement of a three-phased plan to be developed over a 12- to 18-month timeline to address the issue. Wheeler’s announcement at a May 20 Senate environment panel oversight hearing of the three-phased plan to address the sector’s concerns, “was certainly news to us,”...