EPA MAY AFFIRM BUSH CO2 PERMIT POLICY, OPENING DOOR TO PLANT WAIVERS

摘要

The White House has completed review of what observers expect is EPA's affirmation of the Bush-era policy declaring carbon dioxide (CO2) not "subject to regulation" under the Clean Air Act, a move one activist says would temporarily open the door to permitting dozens of coal-fired power plants and other sources without CO2 controls.rnThe proposal cleared White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) review Sept. 21, the same day the White House finished its review of a related agency proposal on setting first-time greenhouse gas (GHG) limits in Clean Air Act permits. Meanwhile, EPA Sept. 22 issued its national GHG reporting rule, which will collect data on large sources' GHG emissions in part to better inform agency global warming policies.