EPA Advances Aircraft GHG Risk Finding For OMB Pre-Publication Review

EPA has sent for White House pre-publication review its long-awaited finding on whether aircraft greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions endanger public health and welfare, with environmentalists seeking an affirmative endangerment finding that would trigger a Clean Air Act mandate for the agency to write GHG rules for aircraft. The agency submitted the proposed finding to the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) March 2, a necessary step ahead of its publication in the Federal Register . According to the...