EPA Publishes Planned Tightening Of ‘Project Accounting’ Air Permit Rule

After a lengthy delay, EPA is formally publishing its proposed revision to the Trump-era Project Emissions Accounting Rule (PEAR), which redefines “projects” subject to new source review (NSR) air permitting requirements in order to prevent industry circumvention. EPA will publish the proposal in the Federal Register May 3, requiring public comment be submitted by July 3. The agency released the plan in February, outlining changes that aim to allay environmentalists’ fears that the 2020 PEAR otherwise might allow industry...