EPA back down on strict Cr6 rules for electroplating

Factiva: "EPA's proposed regulation for the residual risk of air toxics from chromium electroplating softens the agency's earlier highly conservative estimates of the risks from the sector's emissions, prompting praise from industry officials who lobbied the White House prior to the proposal's release to raise concerns over the strict risk data.

EPA backed away from the strict estimates in its Sept. 14 proposal to revise six existing national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAPs) covering 16 source categories, including hard and decorative chromium electroplating. Prior to the proposal's release EPA shared its risk data with the chromium electroplating industry, and industry officials then protested the stringency of the risk estimate in a recent meeting with White House officials."