Court Sets Deadlines For EPA To Review ‘Area Source’ Chemical Air Rule

EPA has finalized a consent decree deal with environmentalists to review its air toxics rule governing smaller “area” sources in the chemical manufacturing sector, requiring the agency to propose potentially tougher limits for hundreds of such sources next year, with a final rule due in 2025. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Dec. 19 entered the decree , settling California Communities Against Toxics, et al. v. Michael Regan . The suit was filed by environmental groups to...