Recycler Slams EPA Over Chicago Permit Opposition, Highlighting EJ Battle

November 14, 2022
A Chicago metal recycling facility that failed to win a local permit after EPA Administrator Michael Regan opposed it on environmental justice (EJ) grounds is blasting the agency’s action, charging that officials opposed its permit even though it planned to comply with enforcement office advice for the kinds of controls such facilities should install. The criticism underscores the difficulties that EPA and other regulators will continue to face in seeking to address cumulative EJ impacts when permit applicants otherwise comply...


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