EPA Plans ‘Improvements’ To Reporting Rule But Faults ‘Misconceptions’

EPA officials say they have made “improvements” to the agency’s delayed Air Emission Reporting Requirements (AERR) rule that is intended to greatly expand air toxics reporting mandates, though they are pushing back against what one official says are “misconceptions” expressed by states and industry. In an Aug. 29 presentation to the Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies’ (AAPCA) Fall Business Meeting in Raleigh, NC, Chet Wayland, director of the Air Quality Assessment Division in the Office of Air Quality Planning...