EPA Agrees To Amend Method For Estimating Refinery Emissions

摘要

EPA has agreed to a request to overhaul its methods for estimating air toxics and other emissions from refineries and chemical plants by revising its estimates for sources such as flares and cooling towers, creating new estimates for previously uncounted sources and for the first time accounting for emissions during malfunction. The move is significant because it could lead to stricter regulation of the emissions and because EPA rarely grants requests to revise the methods it uses for decision-making.