Utilities say new Superfund rule could force them to report emissions for engines as small as a lawn mower.
Even utility lawyers can laugh at adversity.
Consider the comments they filed when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published an "Interim Guidance" document on Dec. 21 to help industry understand when it must report air emissions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as the "Superfund Law." (Docket No. EC-G-1999-029, at 64 FR 71614.)
Did EPA aim too low when it recommended a minimum threshold for "federally permitted releases" exempt from reporting? When last we checked, the EPA was planning to issue an update this month.
Big Brother, John Deere, and the Absurd
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