EPA Plans To Fill ‘Gap’ Left By Switch To Annual Air Toxics Reports

EPA staff say the agency intends to introduce “interim” measures to fill a gap left in air toxics data by the forthcoming switch from its national air toxics assessments (NATA), which are conducted every three or four years, to an annual reporting system, an effort aimed at addressing state concerns that the move would not provide adequate data. On a virtual meeting of the agency’s Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) July 21, Hillary Ward, a staffer at EPA’s Office...