OMB Reviewing EPA Plan To Cut Air Toxics From Small Chemical Plants

EPA has sent its plan to cut air toxics from hundreds of smaller “area source” chemical manufacturing plants for White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pre-publication review, in a rulemaking that may aim to limit emissions of the carcinogenic solvent ethylene oxide (EtO) but may never be finalized by the Trump administration. OMB received the proposal from EPA Dec. 5, according to OMB’s website, starting a review process that typically takes up to 90 days. EPA is under...