Deadline tomorrow for action: Use Clean Air Act to regulate coal-fired power plants

[wtmusic]

"On September 30, 2009, EPA announced a proposal that is focused on large facilities emitting over 25,000 tons of greenhouse gases a year. These facilities would be required to obtain permits that would demonstrate they are using the best practices and technologies to minimize GHG emissions.

The rule proposes new thresholds for greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) that define when Clean Air Act (CAA) permits under the New Source Review (NSR) and title V operating permits programs would be required for new or existing industrial facilities.

The proposed thresholds would “tailor” the permit programs to limit which facilities would be required to obtain NSR and title V permits and would cover nearly 70 percent of the national GHG emissions that come from stationary sources, including those from the nation’s largest emitters—including power plants, refineries, and cement production facilities."

http://www.epa.gov/nsr/fs20090930action.html

Use the comment form below to urge adoption of the "Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule" with a significance level of 10,000 tpy CO2e, which will require nearly all utilities which are expanding operations to obtain a PSD permit (cross-posted from GD, thanks Triana)

http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#submitComment?R=0900006480a4c6ba

[kristopher]

1. K&R

[clear eye]

2. Done

both by email and their comment form, although the comment form asked for organization info. Are they taking comments from the gen'l public?

[wtmusic]

3. Absolutely

The organization info I believe is optional