1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i EPA Proposes to Repeal the Clean Power Plan Updated January 4, 2018 UPDATE: On December 28, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeki
2、ng information on a potential replacement to the Clean Power Plan (CPP)the emissions guidelines for greenhouse gases (GHGs) from existing power plants that the agency proposed to repeal in October 2017. An ANPRM allows an agency to gather information for potential rulemaking but does not bind an age
3、ncy to future action. As explained in the ANPRM, EPA is “considering” proposing a rule to replace the CPP and seeks comments on the (1) “roles, responsibilities, and limitations of the federal government, state governments, and regulated entities in developing and implementing” the new GHG emission
4、guidelines; (2) the “best system of emission reduction” consistent with EPAs new legal interpretation set forth in the proposed repeal of the CPP; and (3) approaches to harmonize and streamline the process and applicability of Clean Air Act permitting for existing power plants regulated under the ne
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