The US Environmental Protection Agency will update its almost two-decades-old toxic emissions standards for oil refineries and finalize new regulations by December 19, 2014, to settle a lawsuit brought by environmental and public health groups.
The EPA would propose new standards by February 14, before finalizing them 10 months later, in said it an announcement that will be published in Tuesday's Federal Register.
In addition, the EPA will also decide by February 14 whether it needs to create residual risk standards for oil refineries under the Clean Air Act.
