The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a robust Clean Air
Act agenda for 2015.
Not only has a new interstate pollution and allowance trading
regime kicked in (effective Jan. 1), but the agency has announced
that it will publish final carbon standards this summer for new and
existing power plants and embark on an aggressive strategy to
reduce methane emissions. Meanwhile, the agency continues to face a
number of key challenges to its Clean Air Act regulations,
including a case headed for the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the
Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS). States and facilities will
be gearing up to meet the newly proposed National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone while also trying to anticipate
the mix of voluntary and regulatory programs the EPA will pursue
under its recently announced methane reduction initiative.
