Industry Warns Of ‘Errors’ In EPA’s Chemical Sector Air Toxics Proposal

Chemical industry officials are charging that EPA’s proposed rule governing air emissions from their facilities may be based on “errors” in the agency’s underlying data, while renewing their prior arguments that officials inappropriately relied on conservative risk values for two chemicals the agency is seeking to regulate for the first time. As a result of such concerns, an official with the American Chemistry Council (ACC) told EPA’s May 16 public hearing on the proposed rule that officials will need additional...