EPA SEEKS ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON FINAL 'RISK-BASED' AIR TOXICS RULES

EPA is in the process of requesting additional public comment on two controversial air toxics rules the agency has already finalized, in a move likely to slow pending lawsuits over "risk-based" exemptions that make it easier for industry to avoid installing costly pollution controls. Environmentalists who have sued the agency contend it is unlikely that EPA will seriously consider changing these rules, but instead charge the requests for more comment represent a procedural tactic to delay the litigation. The agency...