EPA Rejects Industry's Cost Concerns In Final Emissions Audit Rule

EPA's final rule overhauling its stationary source emissions audit program has rejected concerns from a range of industries that the revised audit program will be expensive, will illegally privatize regulatory decisions and will inadvertently throw sources into noncompliance. The agency's Sept. 13 rule changes requirements for measuring the accuracy of stationary source emissions tests, which are used to determine whether facilities meet pollution limits in EPA air rules. The program requires facilities to test so-called audit samples alongside a facility's...