IOWA OFFICIAL RIPS IMPLEMENTATION OF KEY CLEAN AIR PERMITTING PROGRAM

August 21, 1998
Iowa's top air regulator earlier this month offered a blistering critique of the national Clean Air Act preconstruction permitting program, charging that the program is decaying because it is being ignored by state and EPA regional officials. To address the problem, Iowa Air Quality Bureau Chief Peter Hamlin is calling on EPA to step up its enforcement of the program and take steps to ensure that states issue permits that comport with the act's pollution control requirements. Hamlin's recent missive...


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