For Now, EPA Plans NSR Guide To Define 'Maintenance,' Despite Rule Petition

ORLANDO, FL -- EPA is signaling that, for now, it plans to issue guidance to revise the new source review (NSR) program's definition of when facility changes are “routine maintenance” exempt from the requirements despite West Virginia's petition to adopt the change in a Clean Air Act rule -- a move that would revive a legal fight from 2006. Speaking at the American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy and Resources spring conference here April 19, EPA air chief William...