EEI OFFICIAL PREDICTS EPA WILL LOWER COST THRESHOLD IN NSR REFORM

SAVANNAH, GA -- An Edison Electric Institute (EEI) official expects EPA to tighten the controversial 20 percent cost threshold the agency finalized in its contentious new source review (NSR) equipment replacement rule, which determines whether utilities are exempt from emission control requirements when modifying their plants. Quin Shae, EEI's environment group director, told a National Conference of State Legislature's (NCSL) meeting here that he expects EPA to lower the 20 percent exemption when the agency replies to a petition for...