Loosen regional haze timelines and reverse Good Neighbor expansion beyond power plants
Mandate revisits the 2064 natural-visibility goal, prevents haze rules from forcing disfavored facility shutdowns, reviews Good Neighbor overcontrol, reverses 2022 expansion beyond power plants, and cabins §126 petitions and error-correction coercion.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 13 (EPA) — NAAQS: consider longer timeline than 2064 natural visibility goal; revise regional haze rules to prevent planning periods abused to compel shutdowns; review Good Neighbor regulations for overcontrol; reverse 2022 expansion beyond power plants; ensure §126 petitions identify discrete upwind sources; prevent abuse of error-correction authority to coerce FIPs; limit §301 general rulemaking authority.
Undo plan
1) Meet statutory visibility and good-neighbor obligations with cost-effective controls.
2) Use Supreme Court overcontrol doctrine without authorizing free-riding pollution.
3) Provide states flexible SIPs before FIPs.
4) Keep CASAC advice inclusive of health and welfare factors Congress listed.
5) Verify: ozone/PM transport contribution modeling and haze progress.