Primer on GHG Regulation under the Clean Air Act: NSPS Rulemaking Process
Author(s): Brooks Rainey Pearson and Jonas Monast
Published: March 2011
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In December 2010 the EPA entered into two settlement agreements requiring the Agency to incorporate greenhouse gas emissions into the new source performance standards (NSPS) for natural gas, oil, and coal-fired electricity-generating units and petroleum refineries. This memo provides a general overview of the NSPS rulemaking and implementation process.




