EPA Faces Major Resource Burdens Establishing New Climate Regime

摘要

EPA is facing major difficulties meeting a slew of strict Clean Air Act deadlines for implementing first-time greenhouse gas (GHG) rules under the air law, including an insufficient workforce and budget limitations, which could stymie its ability to handle a mandate of issuing an estimated 22 air act GHG rules within two years.rnThe agency, after issuing its final finding that GHGs endanger human health and welfare, has a duty under the air act to issue a slew of rules to regulate GHG emissions from mobile and stationary sources. Pending legislation could also create a major climate control regime at EPA, and the agency also faces a slew of petitions to regulate GHGs, including a request for EPA to establish a national ambient air quality standard for carbon dioxide (CO2).