Streamlining Building Permits and Clean Air Standards
New rules aim to speed up the building permit process for businesses while ensuring air quality standards are clearly defined. This means construction projects might proceed faster, but they will still need to meet clean air requirements, potentially impacting the air quality in your area.
Key points
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must now simultaneously publish rules and guidance for new air quality standards, making it easier for businesses and state authorities to understand requirements.
If the EPA fails to publish these guidelines on time, new air quality standards will not apply to preconstruction permit applications, potentially delaying their implementation.
These rules do not exempt businesses from installing the best available pollution control technologies, nor do they limit local authorities from imposing stricter standards.
Introduced
Citizen Poll