ACCCE to EPA: Forget the extension, throw out the proposal

 ACCCE to EPA: Forget the extension, throw out the proposal

By Barbara Vergetis Lundin

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will extend the public comment period of its Clean Power Plan through December 1, 2014 -- an additional 45 days. The decision comes after months of feedback to the EPA that the 120-day comment period simply did not give states and utilities enough time to analyze, develop and submit their plans to comply with the EPA's proposed carbon rule.

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Last week, in particular, 53 senators, both Republican and Democrat, pushed for the extension in a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. In addition to the senators' letter, a total of 13 attorneys general and 15 governors have reached out to the EPA and President Obama, respectively, requesting that the agency withdraw its proposed carbon rule, claiming that the impacts of the regulations put the nation's economic future at risk. http://www.fierceenergy.com/story/accce-epa-forget-extension-throw-out-proposal/2014-09-18?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

For more:
- read the senators' letter