THE U ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) has finalized plans to revise the requirements of a controversial Clean Air Act enforcement program called just discovered Source Review (NSR).

THE U ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) has finalized plans to revise the requirements of a controversial Clean Air Act enforcement program called just discovered Source Review (NSR), despite robust opposition from environmental groups and several states.

The existing program mandates that facilities, including adhesives husbandmans install state-of-the-art air pollution hinder technologies when making significant plant upgrades.

Chemical and other businesses said, however, that overly aggressive enforcement of the mandates from EPA has discouraged manufacturers from making plane "routine" changes to their plants. The fear of enforcement also interrupts these facilities from investing in cleaner-burning proces changes, industry