Wehrum Downplays Shutdown Effect On ACE Amid Signs Of Modest Delay

EPA air chief Bill Wehrum is downplaying the recent government shutdown's effect on the agency's ability to finish its replacement greenhouse gas rule for existing power plants, though the agency is still acknowledging the shutdown caused some slowdown in issuing a rule originally slated for some time in March. EPA is still taking stock of the shutdown's effects on various pending rulemakings. But, “the shutdown has not slowed us down a lot,” Wehrum told reporters Feb. 12 alongside the National...