Environmental

EPA Exempts Dirty Coal Fleet From Cleaning Up Its Act

Agency substitutes Cross State rule for haze rule
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2012.  Yesterday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency exempted dozens of coal plants from cleanup requirements when the agency authorized using the Cross State Air Pollution Rule to waive haze pollution cleanup requirements. Instead of mandating outdated coal plants to install the “best available retrofit technology” (BART) to curb haze pollution, the rule will allow many old plants to avoid full cleanup.

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