Socma Says Area Source Emission Rules Could Hurt Small Producers

EPA’s proposed rules on area source emissions could impose “significant costs” on specialty batch chemical manufacturers, Socma says. In particular, a proposed rule that covers all hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), instead of just urban air pollutants, “appears likely to affect many more facilities than EPA anticipates,” Socma says. The rules will impact “almost all of [its] members in some form,” and could have “real economic consequences,” Socma says. Area sources are those that emit less than 10 tons/year of...

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