EPA Faces Growing Pressure To Study PM Risks From Different Sectors

EPA is under growing pressure from the electric utility industry and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to study the relative risk of particulate matter (PM) from different industry sectors for its next round of national ambient air quality standards, which the agency will begin studying after it completes a new PM rule later this year. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), a utility industry funded research group, is seeking a series of meetings with EPA to...