Emissions Reporting Requirements for Lead Aligned With Revised Monitoring Rule

摘要

The Environmental Protection Agency is revising the threshold for reporting lead emissions sources as point sources under its air emissions reporting requirements rule. The effort is aimed at aligning those reporting requirements with monitoring requirements for the national ambient air quality standards for lead. The EPA, in a final rule (RIN 2060-AR29) signed by Administrator Gina McCarthy Feb. 6, lowered the threshold for reporting lead emissions sources as point sources from five tons per year of potential emissions to 0.5 ton per year of actual lead emissions. The reporting of all emissions of criteria pollutants and precursors to those pollutants will be required for any point source meeting the new lead threshold, according to the EPA.