Delaware Ozone Transport Petition May Pressure EPA For Stricter CSAPR

摘要

Delaware has filed a fresh petition for EPA to force emissions cuts from a West Virginia power plant in order to help reduce interstate pollution preventing the First State from attaining agency ozone standards, a move sources say may build pressure on EPA to issue a strict update to its cross-border air trading rule to further reduce the pollutant. One industry source claims that East Coast states have historically used Clean Air Act section 126 petitions to try and persuade EPA to issue national or regional rules to curb interstate pollution, and that the new petition is likely part of that push. Section 126 gives states authority to petition the agency to regulate emissions sources in neighboring states that are hindering the petitioner's ability to meet federal air standards but that the petitioner cannot regulate.