NAS Study May Influence State, Federal Implementation Of NSR Policies

An upcoming National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report on the Bush administration's controversial changes to the Clean Air Act new source review (NSR) program could influence state implementation of revised NSR rules EPA issued in 2002, and is also anticipated for how it will address a recent court ruling overturning more recent NSR revisions. The report may also have implications for ongoing policy debates over a pending EPA regulation that would codify a more lenient emissions test under the program...