EPA Indefinitely Delays Bush-Era New Source Review 'Aggregation' Rule

摘要

EPA is indefinitely delaying the effective date of a controversial Bush-era new source review (NSR) rule that makes it easier for facilities to avoid NSR permitting requirements by amending "aggregation" requirements in a way that the Obama EPA says is "less effective" than past policy.rnEPA in a May 18 Federal Register notice said the rule, finalized by the Bush EPA on Jan. 15, 2009, will not become effective until either the agency completes its ongoing administrative review of the regulation, or until a lawsuit challenging the amendments to the rule is resolved.