The Environmental Protection Agency proposed new rules for monitoring and limiting harmful emissions from chemical plants.
FILE - The Fifth Ward Elementary School and residential neighborhoods sit near the Denka Performance Elastomer Plant, back, in Reserve, La., Sept. 23, 2022. In what could prove a significant move for communities facing air pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Thursday, April 6, 2023, that chemical plants nationwide measure certain hazardous compounds that cross beyond their property lines and reduce them when they are too high.
In the past, Wright said, even when emissions caused harm, residents weren’t able to sue and reduce the threat. EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced the plan in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. It is home to the Denka chemical plant, which makes synthetic rubber and emits chloroprene, listed as a carcinogen in California. Denka is less than a half-mile from an elementary school and has been targeted by federal officials for allegedly increasing the cancer risk for the nearby, majority-Black community.
A statement provided by Denka Performance Elastomer said that the cancer risk of chloroprene has been overstated and that it has pushed the EPA to reevaluate its risk assessment. The American Chemistry Council said industry emissions have declined over the last decade. It is concerned about the EPA's proposal for reducing ethylene oxide, and says it is based on a faulty EPA risk assessment.
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