EPA advances Colorado, North Dakota landfill methane plans

July 2, 2021
EPA is advancing a pair of state plans for implementing Obama-era methane and other air emission standards for landfills, moves that will begin to winnow down the scope of a federal plan the Biden administration finalized in May for the majority of states after Trump officials sought to delay the rule’s requirements. The agency is proposing to approve the Colorado’s plan in a July 1 notice in the Federal Register , which notes that it will accept comments on the...


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