EPA Rejects Flexible Air Permits for 122 Refineries, Major Industrial Facilities in State

摘要

The Environmental Protection Agency June 30 rejected flexible air permits for 122 major refinerie$, petrochemical plants, and other industrial facilities in Texas because they do not meet several federal Clean Air Act requirements, EPA Regional Administrator Al Armendariz announced.rnThe Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's flexible permit program had allowed facilities to avoid certain federal clean air requirements by lumping emissions from multiple units under a single "cap" rather than setting specific emissions limits for individual pollution sources at their plants, according to the EPA.