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
What a Federal Government Shutdown Means for National Parks
If Congress fails to pass an appropriations bill by Oct. 1, the federal government will shut down. This could close national parks — putting family vacations, school trips, park protection…
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Press Release
Representative Ruiz, California Desert Advocates Support Monumental Proposal
"The Chuckwalla National Monument and Joshua Tree National Park expansion, as envisioned, are poised to become the largest protected area of the Colorado Desert bioregion."
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Press Release
California Protects Greater Joshua Tree Landscape from Contentious Project with New Legislation
The Eagle Crest project would threaten the national park, wildlife, and desert water sources.
