EPA Defends Plan To Retain Existing GHG Permit Thresholds In Final Rule

EPA has finalized the third phase of its greenhouse gas (GHG) permit "tailoring" rule that follows through on a proposal to retain -- and not lower -- existing thresholds for triggering GHG permits, rebutting activists' push for lower thresholds by saying that lowering the thresholds would impose major burdens on permitting authorities. The final rule released July 3 and slated for publication in the Federal Register in the coming weeks also adopts measures designed to streamline and accelerate the GHG...