Chamber Predicts ‘Permitting Gridlock’ With Strict Soot Proposal (1)

A proposed rule governing emissions of particulate matter completely overlooks wildfire emissions and threatens to throw swaths of the US out of compliance with air laws, according to a report issued Thursday.

The report, released by the US Chamber of Commerce, outlines how the Environmental Protection Agency rulemaking “will cause permitting gridlock across our economy.”

“The Chamber analysis reveals that the EPA ignored the 2023 wildfires in its proposed rule, as this season’s wildfires alone would increase the number of counties impacted by 50%, consequently imposing strict new penalties on American businesses—large and small—and their communities,” according to the report ...