On December 14, 2012, EPA issued its final revised air toxics rule for “area” source chemical manufacturing facilities, after OMB completed its review the same day.  The final rule revises a national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) rule that dates back to a Bush Administration proposal in 2008, that was modified by the Obama Administration when the rule was initially issued in 2009.  In the 2009 rule, the Obama EPA chose not to exempt from Title V permitting requirements “major sources that became synthetic area sources by installing air pollution controls after 1990.”  The Bush EPA had proposed… Read more