EPA's Objection To Utility Air Permit's SSM Exemption Might Set Precedent

February 16, 2016
EPA's objection to a Clean Air Act permit for a Texas power plant over a provision that relaxed the utility's mandate to comply with emissions limits during periods of startup, shutdown and maintenance (SSM), excluding malfunctions, sets a precedent that could spur a push to scrap similar provisions in other permits, environmentalists say. The agency on Feb. 3 announced its objection to the Title V operating air permit that Texas issued in 2014 for the Southwestern Electric Power Company's...


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