# 2025-10038: EPA Reviews Iowa Recycler's Lead Permit Tweaks in Council Bluffs

2025-10038, Air Plan Approval; IA; Alter Metal Recycling Permit Modification, is a Federal Register proposed rule from Environmental Protection Agency published 2025-06-03, effective Comments must be received on or before July 3, 2025.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-10038
- Title: Air Plan Approval; IA; Alter Metal Recycling Permit Modification
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: Environmental Protection Agency
- Citation: 90 FR 23495
- Published: 2025-06-03
- Effective: Comments must be received on or before July 3, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-27

## In one line

EPA Reviews Iowa Recycler's Lead Permit Tweaks in Council Bluffs

## Summary

The EPA is proposing to approve changes to a permit for Alter Metal Recycling in Iowa that won’t harm air quality or make rules tougher. This update is part of Iowa’s plan to keep lead pollution in check around Council Bluffs. People have until July 3, 2025, to share their thoughts on this change.

## Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing approval of revisions to the Iowa State Implementation Plan (SIP) to include a permit modification for Alter Metal Recycling. The SIP revision addresses modifications to the air construction permit for Alter Metal Recycling included in the State's 2008 Lead (Pb) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) attainment plan for portions of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. These revisions do not impact the stringency of the SIP or have an adverse effect on air quality. The EPA's proposed approval of this rule revision is being done in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA).

## Effects PRIA read

- Silt sampling reduced from monthly to quarterly: benefit, low. The Alter Metal Recycling permit reduces required surface silt load sampling on internal haul routes from monthly to quarterly. The SIP record shows the facility met the silt load limit of less than 2.70 g/m2 for 12 consecutive months (October 2014 through November 2016), which supported the reduce…
- New inclement-weather contingency duties: cost, low. If IDNR notifies the facility that a monitored exceedance of the lead standard occurred during months when inclement-weather provisions applied, the permit requires the facility to implement good housekeeping, including daily removal of material piles from haul roads and reducing vehicle speeds on…
- EPA: Permit change won’t raise lead levels: benefit, medium. EPA proposes to replace the SIP-approved Alter Metal Recycling permit with the modified permit and finds the modification does not increase potential lead (Pb) emissions and retains measures needed to attain and maintain the 2008 Pb NAAQS (0.15 micrograms per cubic meter). The area attained the 200…

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## Sources
- [2025-10038 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/03/2025-10038/air-plan-approval-ia-alter-metal-recycling-permit-modification)
- [2025-10038 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-03/pdf/2025-10038.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10038 (as of 2026-10-27).