EPA Threatens Enforcement To Push Texas Industry Into Permit Audit Plan

摘要

EPA is wanting Texas industries they could face Clean Air Act enforcement if they fail to join its voluntary program to audit and rectify state-issued "flexible" air permits that the agency says might violate the air law, while industry is urging EPA to narrow the scope of the audit program to avoid reviews of other contested permits.rnThe fight over EPA's attempts to address Texas' flexible permits is just the latest skirmish in an ongoing major battle between the state and the agency over its air permitting program. Texas and industry groups recently filed briefs in a lawsuit over EPA's decision to reject the state's "qualified facilities" permit rule for violating new source review (NSR) requirements, while EPA recently proposed to disapprove a Texas rule on how to regulate older facilities.