OMB clears final air toxics rule for site remediation

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has finished its review of EPA’s final rule governing regulatory exemptions from air toxics rules at waste cleanup sites, a measure that responds to environmentalists’ claims that the exemptions are unlawful. According to OMB’s website, interagency review of the Clean Air Act rule concluded on Dec. 5, about two months after the process began on Sept. 29 -- meaning EPA could sign and formally release it at any point in the...