EPA Rejects Industry Petition to Reconsider Off-Site Waste Rule Leak-Detection Provisions

摘要

The Environmental Protection Agency denied a chemical industry request for reconsideration of leak-detection requirements established under national air toxics standards for off-site waste facilities. The American Chemistry Council and Eastman Chemical Co. had asked the agency to reconsider a requirement that operators of facilities that handle waste, used oil and used solvents perform instrument-based monitoring for identifying equipment leaks in connectors rather than use sensory monitoring. The chemical industry organizations said required use of EPA's Method 21 for instrument-based monitoring is not cost-effective and could not be expected to result in a significant decrease in emissions from off-site waste facilities.