Recently strengthened EPA limits on smog-forming pollution from new and reconstructed oil storage tanks have drawn a trade group lawsuit.
The suit, filed Monday by the International Liquid Terminals Association, does not spell out the grounds, but the group had previously raised a variety of objections to a draft version of the rule.
The final regulations, published in October, apply to what are formally known as volatile organic liquid storage vessels and are the first update to EPA’s New Source Performance Standards for the sector since 1987.
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They aim to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds from storage tanks and reservoirs. In general, those compounds help spawn ground-level ozone, the main ingredient in smog.
