EPA Issues Final Rule Extending Lapsed State Deadlines For ACE Rule

EPA is extending until April 2024 now-lapsed deadlines for states to submit plans for how they will meet Trump-era greenhouse gas standards for coal-fired power plants, relying on unusual procedures to quickly extend the deadlines in a move EPA says reflects drawn out litigation over the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule that was vacated and later reinstated by default. The deadline extension rule , scheduled to be published in the March 10 Federal Register , also signals that the Biden...