Growing Focus By States, Agencies On Wildfires May Affect EPA Air Rules

April 8, 2016
Updated Story States and federal agencies are placing a growing focus on improving estimates of air pollution associated with wildfires to address an increasing number of fires due to climate change, and potentially higher estimates could affect EPA rules including boosting demand for exemptions from ambient air limits due to wildfire pollution. One federal regulator told an agricultural air quality meeting earlier this week that the regulatory impact of higher wildlife emissions estimates would be “huge,” such...


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