EPA TO OFFER LAST-MINUTE COMPLIANCE EXTENSIONS IN KEY AIR TOXICS RULE

EPA will make it easier for chemical companies to get emergency extensions to a key air toxics standard's compliance deadlines, under an upcoming rule that industry sources hope will serve as a precedent that will be duplicated throughout the entire air toxics program. Industry groups involved in settlement negotiations with EPA over a comprehensive air toxics rule have been pushing for the agency to build on this pending precedent, but sources involved in those discussions would not comment on whether...