ENV-10-42 Flare Management and Other Petroleum Refining Enforcement Priorities: Is EPA Identifying New “Marquee” Issues?

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Although approximately 90% of the U.S. refining capacity has entered into “global settlements” under the Clean Air Act, the pace of EPA enforcement on air issues does not appear to have slowed. While some refiners are still negotiating global settlements, earlier global settlers are addressing new “marquee” issues and, in some instances, responding to new information requests on old ones. In addition, the two decade focus on “air” seems to have given way to competing interests in other media – water, waste, and safety.