EPA Wants Your Thoughts on Keeping Air Pollution Paperwork Going
Published Date: 6/5/2025
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Summary
The EPA wants to keep collecting info on air pollution from businesses to help protect our air. They’re asking for your thoughts before renewing these rules, which currently expire in October 2025. If you’re a company that reports air emissions, this could affect you, but no big new costs are expected right now.
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EPA Air Emissions Reporting Renewal
If you run a company that reports air emissions, EPA plans to renew the Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (ICR No. 2170.09) that expire on October 31, 2025. EPA will submit the renewal to OMB and is accepting public comments for 60 days; the agency says no big new costs are expected right now, though reporting burdens remain.
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