EPA, Industry Defend Virus Enforcement Guidance As Limited, Reasonable

EPA and many industry attorneys are defending the agency’s guidance limiting civil enforcement for reporting and monitoring during the coronavirus pandemic as a responsible and limited response to the unprecedented restrictions imposed to address the health emergency, stressing that the guide is not, as some critics charge, a “license” to pollute. “This action was necessary to avoid tying up EPA staff time with questions about routine monitoring and reporting requirements and instead allow EPA to focus on continued protection of...