Manufacturers Make Late Push To Exit CSAPR As Rule Primed For Release

Manufacturing industries that would be newly regulated under EPA’s proposed expansion of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) interstate air emissions program are waging a last-ditch push to weaken the rule or be excluded from it entirely, as EPA promises “flexibility” in the final regulation that is now anticipated March 15. In a recent series of meetings with White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and EPA officials, paper, steel and cement industry associations warned EPA that its proposal...