EPA Eyes Overhauling Air Pollution Prevention Rules For Wilderness Areas

EPA is considering revamping the way it sets air pollution limits in its prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) permit program for national parks and other pristine areas. In an upcoming proposal due out early next year, the agency may change its traditional approach from one that allows new and modified emission sources to incrementally increase pollution, to a policy that would essentially set a fixed cap defining how much total pollution an area can sustain before negative impacts are felt...