EPA Eyes Cost-Effectiveness Approach To Assess New PM Controls

EPA senior staff are developing advice to states on how to consider the most cost-effective pollution control options when implementing the agency's proposed new particulate matter (PM) air quality standards, according to EPA sources and an internal agency proposal obtained by Inside EPA . The advice, which will be included in an upcoming package intended to implement the new PM standard, appears aimed at addressing industry concerns that regulators can cite the enormous benefits that stem from reducing PM emissions...