EPA’s CSAPR Faces Tough Road As Steel Sector, MISO Pile On Concerns

EPA’s planned Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) expansion, which the agency is slated to finalize in March, is facing serious pushback from the steel industry that would be newly subject to the interstate emissions program, as well a major grid operator that is warning of adverse reliability impacts due to tougher power plant limits. In a presentation recently added to the agency’s regulatory docket, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) calls EPA’s proposed emissions limits for steel furnaces technically...