Texas Environment Commission Approved By EPA to Issue Greenhouse Gas Permits

摘要

The Environmental Protection Agency approved Texas's greenhouse gas permitting program for new and modified facilities, making the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality the primary greenhouse gas permitting authority in the state, the EPA announced Oct. 31. The TCEQ worked with the EPA and submitted a state implementation plan for greenhouse gas permits to replace the existing federal program. Both the approval of the state implementation plan and the rescission of the federal implementation plan were announced by the EPA in a statement. Since January 2011, projects in Texas that increase greenhouse gas emissions substantially have required an air permit from the EPA For the past several months, the TCEQ and the EPA have worked together to write federal greenhouse gas permits through a work-share agreement, the EPA said.