Carbon Monoxide Limits, Startup Provisions Focus of Lawsuit Over Industrial Boiler Rule

摘要

Four environmental organizations intend to ask a federal appeals court to consider whether the Environmental Protection Agency acted illegally when it established carbon monoxide emissions limits and provisions for startup and shutdown in the agency's standards for industrial boilers (Sierra Club v. EPA, D.C. Cir., No. 16-1021, statement filed 2/18/16). The Sierra Club, Clean Air Council, Environmental Integrity Project and Chesapeake Climate Action Network are challenging a November 2015 reconsideration rule that altered aspects of the maximum achievable control technology standards for major source boilers, which are commonly found at chemical plants, petroleum refineries and other industrial facilities. The final rule (RIN 2060-AS09) included alternative work practice standards for boiler startup that were welcomed by industry in advance of a Jan. 31 deadline for compliance with the boiler standards.