Petro-Chemical Sector Urges Officials To Ease EPA’s Imminent SOCMI Rule

Refining and chemical industry groups are urging the Biden administration to ease EPA’s imminent rule limiting emissions from a wide array of organic chemical and polymer manufacturing, in a last-ditch bid to head off tougher controls on the solvent ethylene oxide (EtO) and other pollutants, though EPA is not expected to make their requested changes. According to a recently posted presentation , the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) and the American Chemistry Council (ACC), during a March 21 meeting,...