EXPERTS: ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION MAY PROMPT NEW AIR, WATER RULES

Regulators should consider new Smog Check inspection provisions and tougher air permits to address atmospheric deposition of pollutants, state officials and stakeholders told Cal/EPA officials this week. But some water agency officials believe a comprehensive analysis of atmospheric deposition could lead to looser stormwater permits, based on the contention that more stringent air rules will automatically lower the pollutants' presence in stormwater. Atmospheric deposition occurs when particulate pollution suspended in the air either settles into water bodies or ends up...