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Natural resources committee approves bill narrowing admissible air monitoring in enforcement proceedings
Summary
The Kentucky Legislature Natural Resources Committee approved House Bill 137, which would require air pollution enforcement to rely on EPA-approved or scientifically defensible monitoring methods; environmental groups warned the change could exclude community monitoring and conflict with the Clean Air Act.
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Legislature Natural Resources Committee voted to approve House Bill 137 after a committee hearing in which industry representatives said the measure would ensure reliable data in air pollution enforcement and environmental groups warned it could bar community-collected data and conflict with federal law.
Rusty Chris, with the law firm Dinsmore & Shohl speaking on behalf of the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers, told the committee that “environmental compliance is a top priority” for manufacturers and that “we want to make sure that, when any evidence is used against us, it's based on data and monitoring methods that meet EPA approved guidelines and also produce scientifically defensible and quality assured data.”
The bill, as discussed in the hearing, would require that enforcement actions taken by the Energy and Environment Cabinet or the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District rely on monitoring methods approved by the Environmental Protection Agency or on methods that produce scientifically…
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