OMB Comments On Draft EPA 'Upset' Emissions Rule May Limit Citizen Suits

White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) comments on a draft EPA rule establishing requirements for refineries, utilities and other facilities' Clean Air Act plans for minimizing "upset" emissions -- like those that build up during facility malfunctions -- could undermine environmentalists' efforts to sue facilities for failing to prevent such emissions. According to March 17 OMB comments obtained by Inside EPA , the officials are questioning language in EPA's draft final rule that environmentalists say is crucial to...