FedCenter.gov
EPA Regional Programs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Members



  
Feb. 2, 2018
EPA Withdraws "Once In Always In" Policy for Major Sources Under CAA
In a 1995 memo, EPA established a "once in always in" policy that determined that any facility subject to major source standards would always remain subject to those standards, even if production processes changed or controls were implemented that eliminated or permanently reduced that facility's potential to emit hazardous air pollutants. Today's memo finds that EPA had no statutory authority under the Clean Air Act to place a time limit on when a facility may be determined to be an area source, and that a plain language reading of the Act must allow facilities to be reclassified as area sources once their potential to emit hazardous air pollutants falls below the levels that define major sources.
 


Item Attachments
There are no attachments.
Related Items
There are no related items.

Terminator
 
Last Updated: July 16, 2014