Draft EPA Revision To ‘Construction’ Definition Eases NSR For Industries

EPA in a new draft guidance document is easing the path for industry to start building projects that may increase air emissions, without first obtaining a new source review (NSR) air permit, but while environmentalists oppose the move they also doubt it will have much real-world impact and say it is a “largely ineffectual favor” from EPA to industry. In the March 25 draft document , acting air chief Anne Idsal advises the agency’s regional air division directors that effective...