Despite State Concerns, SIP Reform Panel Will Not Address GHG Controls

A major new EPA-state workgroup aimed at improving the process of crafting state implementation plans (SIPs) for meeting agency air standards will not address greenhouse gas (GHG) limits in air permits and will focus solely on criteria pollutants, an EPA official says, despite ongoing state concerns about permitting for GHGs. "I really see those as separate issues," the EPA official says, drawing a line between concerns over the agency's imminent GHG permitting requirements and SIPs -- air quality plans that...