Hurricanes Revive Debate On EPA 'Force Majeure' Refinery Air Rule Waiver

November 1, 2017
Recent major hurricanes and other extreme weather events are reviving debate over an Obama EPA air toxics rule that allows refineries a waiver from the regulation due to force majeure -- unforeseen and uncontrollable events -- with environmentalists urging the agency to scrap the exemption in its ongoing reconsideration of the rule. EPA's 2015 refinery maximum achievable control technology (MACT) includes the force majeure exemption, and Texas -- which was hit by Hurricane Harvey -- also has language...


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