Environmentalists Urge EPA To ‘Disavow’ Trump Title V Air Permit Policy

Sierra Club and other environmental groups are urging EPA Administrator Michael Regan to “disavow” a Trump-era policy of deferring to states when the agency reviews their Clean Air Act Title V operating permits, saying such an action would strengthen permitting and resolve a split among federal appeals courts over the policy. Title V permits are “umbrella” documents designed to include all “applicable requirements” for industry permit applicants, including underlying new source review (NSR) permits that impose substantive emissions control mandates...