Industry coalition counters New Source Review claims. (News).(EPA reforms)(Brief Article)

Chemical Market Reporter, August, 2002

A COALITION of industry groups, including the American Chemistry Council, moved last week to counter Democratic senators' charges that the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed New Source Review (NSR) reforms are a "rollback" of clean air rules. "We disagree with the characterization of the environmental impact of the NSR reform package," 28 industry groups said in a letter to members of the US Senate.

"We believe that the proposed changes to the NSR program, in fact, will result in cleaner air and in increased energy efficiency." The industry letter comes in response to an August 1 letter from 44 senators to EPA administrator Christie Whitman, which charged that the reforms announced by the agency in June "appear likely to increase...

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