Draft Air Permits Wouldn't Need to Run In Newspapers Under EPA Proposed Rule

摘要

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to remove requirements for local regulators to publish notices of draft air permits in newspapers, extending a media-neutral policy it adopted for minor new source review permits in 2012. The EPA's proposed rule (RIN 2060-AS59), which will be published in the Federal Register on Dec. 29, would allow the agency as well as state and local air regulators to provide public notice of draft new source review, Title V and Outer Continental Shelf permits electronically, eliminating a mandatory requirement to publish the notices in newspapers. The proposed rule would require draft major source permits that are issued by the EPA or delegated air agencies implementing federal rules to be published electronically. States would have the option of continuing to publish notices in newspapers for draft major source permits issued under their own rules that have been approved by the EPA. However, the proposal would require states to adopt a consistent approach, meaning all draft permits must either be published electronically or in newspapers.