EPA Provides Pathway for Air-Pollution Exemptions Via E-Mail

US President Donald Trump may allow some power plants, chemical makers and others to bypass a range of regulations for years under an obscure provision of the Clean Air Act, the EPA said.

Companies that email requests for exemptions to emissions rules ranging from coal-burning power plants to copper smelters by the end the month may be granted them, according to guidancethe Environmental Protection Agency posted on its website.

“To advance President Trump’s Executive Orders and Power the Great American Comeback, EPA has set up an electronic mailbox to allow the regulated community to request a Presidential Exemption,” the ...