EPA Eases States’ Mandates For Crafting Section 111 Compliance Plans

EPA in a just-released final implementing rule is extending the default deadline for states to submit compliance strategies for climate and air standards developed under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act, while also adding new flexibilities for administrative and outreach requirements imposed on states as they craft their plans. The revised procedure for states’ 111(d) plans -- included in a final rule that Administrator Michael Regan signed Nov. 9 and was publicly released Nov. 13 -- concerns a section...