Regan Rejects Title V Petition But Scraps Narrow Trump-Era Review Policy

October 18, 2022
EPA Administrator Michael Regan has denied Sierra Club’s bid to force a tougher air permit for a Utah power plant even as he announces a major policy shift that will allow broader agency review of Title V air operating permits, ending a Trump-era policy that bars “second-guessing” states’ decisions, and reverting to an earlier approach. On its face, Regan’s Sept. 27 decision denying Sierra Club’s latest petition for an agency objection to the Title V permit for the Hunter coal-fired...


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