Environmentalists Renew Push For EPA To Reduce Lead In Aviation Fuel

Environmentalists are reviving their years-long push for EPA to regulate leaded general aviation fuel (avgas) used for piston-engine aircraft, the largest remaining source of U.S. lead emissions, after the Obama administration punted the request and the Trump EPA declined to act. In an Aug. 24 petition , groups including Friends of the Earth, represented by law firm Earthjustice, again ask EPA to make an endangerment finding under section 231 of the Clean Air Act that leaded avgas contributes to air...