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Texas, Power Industry Defend ‘Force Majeure’ Provision In SO2 Plan
Texas and electric generator Luminant are defending the state’s inclusion of regulatory exemptions during “force majeure” events such as natural disasters in its plan for attaining sulfur dioxide (SO2) air standards, after EPA proposed to reject the provisions, the latest dispute over whether air rules can include such waivers. In Sept. 6 comments filed ahead of an extended Oct. 18 deadline, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) says EPA’s proposed partial disapproval of its state implementation plan (SIP) is...
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