Industry Push To Limit Ohio's Air Toxic Rules Could Set National Trend

A push by a number of industries in Ohio for passage of legislation that would strip the state environment agency of its power to regulate hundreds of air toxins could set a precedent for other industrial states, sources say. The Ohio plan would limit the authority of state regulators over the 188 hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA), a move that would significantly pare back state efforts on the more than 700 air pollutants...