Environmentalists threaten suit to force tough chemical air rule

Environmentalists are threatening EPA with a lawsuit to force the agency to review and strengthen its chemical manufacturing sector air rules for smaller “area” sources, saying the agency has missed a statutory deadline to complete the review and also that the current standards are too weak. In a March 18 letter to the agency, California Communities Against Toxics, Clean Air Council, Sierra Club and local community groups give 60 days’ notice of their intent to sue to force EPA to...