The Environmental Protection Agency stopped short of denying several administrative requests to stay its Clean Power Plan, but urged a coalition of states and a mining group against filing premature lawsuits, according to responses obtained by Bloomberg BNA. In Aug. 7 responses to the stay requests, the EPA defended its plan to curb carbon dioxide emissions from the nation's fleet of existing power plants as "fair, flexible and designed to strengthen the fast-growing trend towards cleaner and lower-polluting American energy" while also responsive to concerns raised by states and other groups during the public comment period. "The Clean Power Plan provides national consistency, accountability and a level playing field while reflecting each state's energy mix," Avi Garbow, general counsel for the agency, said in the letters. "The EPA will take your application under consideration, and this letter should not be construed as a denial of your application."
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