EPA Proposes Settlements for Review of Wood Furniture Manufacturing Emissions Standards

Summary

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced three proposed settlement agreements regarding petitions for review of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Final Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions from Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations, a rule finalized in 1995. The petitions, filed by the Chemical Manufacturers Association, Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance, and Society of the Plastics Industry, seek judicial review of the rule, which sets emissions standards for wood furniture manufacturing operations.