Industry Urges States To Follow Texas In Rejecting EPA GHG Permit Rules

Industry officials opposed to EPA greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations under the Clean Air Act are pressing several states to follow Texas in its refusal to implement the agency's so-called "tailoring" rules, which are intended to limit GHG controls to the largest emission sources when issuing clean air permits beginning next year. The industry push follows an Aug. 2 letter from Texas to EPA arguing that the state "has neither the authority nor the intention of interpreting, ignoring, or amending its...