Final CSAPR 'Close-Out' Rule Details EPA Defense Of Interstate Air Policy

December 7, 2018
EPA's final rule to “close-out” the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) emissions trading program offers a broad defense of the agency's policy on reducing interstate air pollution that could help it defend the close-out rule from legal attacks, and that it might also use in ongoing suits aiming to force stricter EPA rules on the pollution. The rule released Dec. 7 finds that 20 Eastern states need do nothing beyond existing requirements in order to fulfill their Clean Air Act...


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