Uncertainty Over NSR Spurs Activists' Novel Bid To Cut Utilities' Emissions

摘要

Activists appear to be testing a novel legal bid to force emissions reductions at coal-fired power plants by claiming the facilities are violating permit requirements that require their emissions do not exceed EPA national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS), a move seen as an alternate avenue to win pollution controls given uncertainty over the fate of agency air rules and new source review (NSR) enforcement actions.