Industry Urges EPA To Rethink Lime Kilns Air Plan, Citing ‘Fatal Errors’

February 13, 2023
As EPA faces a looming court deadline to tighten air toxics standards for lime kilns, lime and cement manufacturers are raising concerns over “fatal errors” in EPA’s plan to strengthen its standards, calling for more time to comment, but also listing what they say are a host of technical errors and unexplained policy reversals that require the agency to withdraw its plan and start over. In comments submitted to EPA ahead of a Feb. 21 deadline for public input, industry...


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