WASHINGTON, D. C. - In a move applauded by industry and some environmental groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week finalized new steel mill air pollution rules that will limit emissions of previously unregulated substances like hydrochloric acid, mercury and dioxins/furans, as well as require the facilities to monitor chromium.
“The final rule will improve air quality and health particularly for workers and people living in surrounding communities which are predominantly minority and low-income,” said an EPA fact sheet. “The final rule strengthens standards for sinter plants—among the highest-emitting sources in this category—which have concentrated impacts on communities in the Midwest.
