EPA proposes to strengthen Texas SO2 trading program

November 15, 2019
EPA is proposing to add an “assurance” mechanism to backstop emissions limits under a controversial Texas sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions trading program, as part of the state’s plan to comply with haze reduction requirements. In a Nov. 14 Federal Register notice, EPA announces its supplemental proposal that would modify its August 2018 proposal to approve the Texas-only trading program, which EPA and the state established jointly in a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) that serves as an alternative to traditional...


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