Tag: CSAPR Update

D.C. Circuit Upholds CSAPR Update Rule

By Lisa Whitley Coleman, EHS Daily Advisor Apr 17, 2023 EHS Administration

Updated: Apr 17, 2023

In March 2023, an industry challenge to the EPA’s April 2021 Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) Update Rule was rejected by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. The rule required “power plants in 12 upwind states to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx), an ozone precursor, emissions such that those states did not inhibit downwind states’ […]

Air pollution, pollutants, smokestacks

Will Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Extend Beyond Power Plants?

By Lisa Whitley Coleman, EHS Daily Advisor Oct 28, 2020 Regulatory Developments

Updated: Oct 28, 2020

On October 15, 2020, the EPA proposed Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) revisions to reduce summertime nitrous oxides (NOx) emissions from upwind power plants in 12 states: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.