EPA Shifts To Annual Release Of Air Toxics Data, With New EJ Focus

EPA is dropping its National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA), its three- or four-year survey of community risks, in favor of annual reporting of information that will see 2017 data released “in late 2021,” a move that is winning praise from environmentalists though it is not clear whether it will satisfy states’ call for quick release of the 2017 data. In a June 23 statement, EPA says the “agency’s new approach will provide an annual, more systematic update for all air...