The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a final rule to reduce exposure to cancer-linked chemical compounds, ethylene oxide and chloroprene, from chemical and plastics plants. The rule will also extend reporting requirements for other toxic chemicals, aiming to reduce toxic air pollution by 6,200 tons annually and decrease cancer risk by 96%.
published a final rule Tuesday cracking down on toxic air pollution from chemical and plastics plants , seeking to reduce exposure to two cancer-linked chemical compounds, ethylene oxide and chloroprene, while also giving plant owners slightly more time to comply.In total, officials said, the rule will slash 6,200 tons of toxic air pollution annually from U.S. chemical and plastics plants , reducing the number of people at elevated cancer risk from the air toxics by roughly 96%.
Facilities that handle these chemicals will now be required to measure and share data on emissions from these six contaminants, measured at their parameters, so-called fence-line emissions. The EPA said it will monitor and share the data publicly on its site in order to incentivize plants to proactively find and fix any leaks that could cause public harm.
Officials maintained that the new rule delivers on the Biden administration’s long-standing public health and environmental justice commitments, including the $60 billion fund created by the 2022 Democratic Inflation Reduction Act aimed at helping poorer towns and minorities combat In announcing the actions, EPA Administrator Michael Regan recounted the trips he made in recent years to “Cancer Alley,” the 85-mile stretch of industrial land in Louisiana that earned the nickname due to high air pollution rates from nearby petrochemical plants and a cancer rate at least 50 times as high as the national average.
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