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Environmental groups sue EPA for easing rules on ‘major’ polluters

By Josh Siegel

Published March 26, 2018 4:55pm ET

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Environmental groups sue EPA for easing rules on ‘major’ polluters — The Trump administration is doing away with a decades-old air emissions policy opposed by fossil fuel companies, a move that environmental groups say will result in more pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency issued notice Thursday it is withdrawing the âonce-in always-inâ policy under the Clean Air Act, which dictated how major sources of hazardous air pollutants are regulated. | (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

A coalition of environmental groups sued the EPA Monday for withdrawing a policy that imposed strict limits on hazardous air pollutants from factories, plants and other types of facilities considered “major” polluters.

Under the “once-in-always-in” policy, established in 1995, major polluters failing to meet certain emission thresholds were required to meet those standards from then on, even if the facility made changes to reduce its pollution.

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