McCabe Downplays Concerns on Delay In Publishing Final EPA Clean Power Plan

摘要

The Environmental Protection Agency's top air official disputed claims that the EPA is taking an unusually long time to formally publish the final Clean Power Plan, noting that the agency submitted the regulation for publication more quickly than it had other major environmental rules. Janet McCabe, EPA acting assistant administrator for air and radiation, told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Sept. 29 that the agency followed a normal process for reviewing and making minor corrections to regulatory text before submitting it to the Office of the Federal Register for formal publication. The final Clean Power Plan, which sets state goals for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, was signed Aug. 3 and submitted for publication on Sept. 4.