Foes Seek To Expand Limits On EPA Climate Rules Beyond Rockefeller Plan

摘要

Industry groups and lawmakers are weighing options to expand the scope of a proposal by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) to block EPA from regulating greenhouse gases (GHGs) from stationary sources by also exempting pending air permits from GHG limits or excluding GHGs from case-by-case permit technology reviews. EPA's authority to regulate GHGs under the Clean Air Act is expected to be a prime target for the GOP-controlled House and among key members of the Senate in the 112th Congress. Rockefeller and a bipartisan group of supporters have suggested delaying EPA's climate rules, while Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) earlier this year unsuccessfully pushed a resolution that would have permanently barred the agency from regulating stationary source GHGs.