DOJ Refocuses Air Enforcement On MACT, Non-Utility NSR Violations

EPA and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are focusing on new priority areas for their clean air enforcement efforts, including air toxics violations and new source review (NSR) violations in sectors other than utilities, as the two agencies wind down their NSR utility initiative, a top DOJ environment attorney says. Bruce Gelber, a top attorney with DOJ's environment and natural resources division, told attendees at an American Bar Association conference in Bethesda, MD, last week that EPA and DOJ intend...