Industry, Environmentalists Clash Over Legality Of EPA’s Air Reporting Plan

Industry groups and environmentalists are at odds over the legality of EPA’s planned expansion of air emissions reporting, with a host of manufacturers warning the plan exceeds the agency’s legal authority and would overburden regulators and facilities, but environmentalists counter that the expansion is not only legally necessary, but must go further to measure air toxics. In public comments submitted to EPA ahead of a Nov. 17 deadline and recently posted to the docket, numerous groups express their views on...