On behalf of the National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, Altahama Riverkeeper, Appalachian Mountain Club, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Fall-line Alliance for a Clean Environment, Friends of the Chattahoochee, GreenLaw, Midwest Environmental Defense Center, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Natural Resources Defense Council, Ogeechee Riverkeeper, Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Southern Environmental Law Center, and Wiregrass Energy Network,
we submit these comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent proposal (1) to exempt states subject to the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (“CSAPR” or the “Transport Rule”) from applying source-specific Best Available Retrofit Technology (“BART”) requirements under the Clean Air Act’s regional haze program; and (2) to disapprove in part the regional haze State Implementation Plans (“SIPs”) submitted by Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas to the extent those SIPs relied on CAIR, and adopt Federal Implementation Plans (“FIPs”) for those states, replacing reliance on CAIR with CSAPR.
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Issues
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Blog Post
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
The erasing of people, science and history at our national parks is in full swing, and NPCA is investigating and will hold the administration accountable. Here’s what you should know…
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Blog Post
The U.S. National Park That Bid for the Olympics
The 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo officially begin Friday, Feb. 6. It’s hard to imagine such a massive event ever taking place in a national park,…
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Blog Post
Why Draining Mojave’s Aquifer is a Really Bad Idea
Pulling water from the Mojave Desert would damage prized national parkland and deepen water insecurity for communities. Here are frequently asked questions about the latest attempt by Cadiz Inc. to…
