EPA Proposes New Air Toxics Limits For Rubber Tire Manufacturers

EPA is proposing to add new limits on air toxics emitted by more than a dozen rubber tire manufacturing plants, under a reconsideration of a Trump-era rule that the agency says failed to add limits for all hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) emitted by the source category as required under a key 2020 appeals court precedent. In the plan published in the Federal Register Nov. 16, EPA adds HAP limits for the previously unregulated “rubber processing” subcategory of the sector,...