States Say EPA Plan To Withhold Air Toxics Data Threatens Equity Agenda

State air regulators say EPA appears to be deciding against releasing an updated National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) this year and they are urging the agency to reconsider, saying that release of the emissions data will be key to advancing the Biden administration’s equity agenda and for helping states to implement stricter air toxics policies. In letters to EPA, the National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA), representing air regulators from 41 states, and the Northeast States for Coordinated Air...