Most states will be ready to roll along with the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas permitting scheme when the stringent climate rules kick in, according to the National Association of Clean Air Agencies, but those who oppose it might easily give way.
The association, which represents air pollution control agencies in 53 states and territories, reviewed the comments that the states sent to the agency in regard to possible necessary changes in their laws or regulations for the sake of complying with the new climate rules that will be in effect January 2. It found most states were either preparing or are already prepared to implement it.
The agency has reaffirmed its mandate to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the 40-year-old Clean Air Act following a United States Supreme Court ruling in December that agreed with the agency’s finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and the environment.
