The Environmental Protection Agency is walking back deadline extensions and resetting compliance dates for steel industry pollution standards, according to a new, unpublished final rule.
The EPA now says it “does not believe that the currently available information supports a conclusion that regulated parties would face significant immediate compliance challenges” in complying with the dates of the 2024 Clean Air Act rule for coke ovens, which heat up coal in airless environments to manufacture steel.
The agency in a July interim final rule extended deadlines for fenceline pollution monitoring, leak proofing, and other Clean Air Act requirements for coke ovens ...