States, Environmentalists Seek Stricter EPA Air Rule For Chromium Plating

State officials and environmentalists are criticizing EPA's recently proposed air toxics rule for chromium plating operations as insufficiently stringent and attacking the agency's decision to soften the rule in response to industry outcry, while the Defense Department (DOD) is questioning the scope of some compliance provisions in the proposal. EPA earlier this year issued a proposed "residual risk" rule for the chromium plating industry sector. Under the residual risk program the agency reviews the remaining health risks posed by emissions...