ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: RESCISSION OF THE GREENHOUSE GAS FINDINGS FOR FOSSIL FUEL-FIRED POWER PLANTS AND REPEAL OF REGULATIONS FOR POWER PLANT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT SECTION 111

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule called: Rescission of the Greenhouse Gas Findings for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants and Repeal of Regulations for Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under Clean Air Act Section 111.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 17 by Lee Zeldin, Administrator.

Summary: In this action, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is supplementing its proposal to repeal all greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for fossil fuel-fired electric generating units (EGUs) to effectuate the best reading of Clean Air Act (CAA) section 111. We propose that CAA section 111 does not authorize the EPA to regulate emissions from power plants in re...