Oil, Chemical Sectors Seek To Extend SOCMI Waivers To ‘All Sources'

Refiners and chemical manufacturers are seeking a two-year presidential waiver for “all sources” from compliance with the Biden EPA’s tougher rule limiting air toxics emissions from many large chemical plants, seeking to broadly extend EPA’s recent invitation for facilities to seek waivers while it reconsiders several significant Biden-era air rules. The American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) in a March 31 letter to EPA ask for a presidential waiver from compliance with the National...