Cancels EPA rule on reclassified air pollution sources

Cancels an EPA rule that required sources of certain hazardous air pollutants to keep using emission controls after they reclassify as area sources, which face less strict standards.

• Nullifies the EPA rule on reclassifying major pollution sources as area sources
• The canceled rule required sources to keep emission controls after reclassifying
• Area sources face less strict emissions standards than major sources
• Covers sources of persistent and bioaccumulative hazardous air pollutants

Became law · Public Law 119-20

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