Lime Makers Challenge ‘Unnecessary And Counterproductive’ Air Rule

Companies that manufacture lime for use in construction, agriculture and other sectors are both suing EPA over its recently-tightened standards for their air toxics emissions and seeking administrative reconsideration of the measure, calling it excessively expensive, unlawful, “unnecessary” and “counterproductive.” The National Lime Association (NLA) filed a Sept. 13 petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit seeking review of EPA’s July 16 control technology review rule, which added emissions limits for several pollutants including...