Pruitt's 'Streamlining' Guidance Could Help Facilities Avoid NSR Permitting

EPA Administrator Scott has issued his second major guidance on Clean Air Act new source review (NSR) permits that aims to “streamline” the process companies must go through to determine whether facilities are subject to NSR, prompting criticism from environmentalists who say it will allow firms to avoid NSR altogether. In the March 13 guidance memo , Pruitt notes that some provisions of the updated process could potentially help companies try to “circumvent” NSR, but says the agency will address...