Wehrum Backs House Bill To Reform NSR Program Despite Dim Prospects

EPA air chief William Wehrum is offering strong support for pending House legislation to overhaul and ease the Clean Air Act new source review (NSR) permitting program by claiming it would provide long-sought regulatory clarity, but the bill appears to face dim prospects as Democrats expressed uniform opposition to the measure. Even if the discussion draft bill by Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) can clear the House, Democrats' objections mean it would likely fail to gain the 60 votes needed to...