Full Title: Primer on GHG Regulation under the Clean Air Act: NSPS Rulemaking Process
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Publisher(s): Duke University
Publication Date: March 1, 2011
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Description (excerpt):
On December 23, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entered into two settlement agreements requiring the Agency to incorporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into the new source performance standards (NSPS) for natural gas, oil, and coal-fired electricity-generating units and petroleum refineries. The settlement agreements also require the EPA to provide the states with guidelines to develop emissions standards for existing sources within their borders. The EPA has considerable discretion in establishing the standards and guidelines, and it is not yet clear what these regulations will require.