The Environmental Protection Agency’s soon to be finalized Clean Power Plan has been sent to the White House for review. The EPA views the federal plan as an interim measure to ensure that congressionally mandated emission standards under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act are fully implemented until such time as states assume their role as the preferred implementers of the emission guidelines issued by the EPA.  The implementation plan, which was sent to the OMB on July 2, also serves as a model for the EPA to implement measures to achieve emission standards in states that elect not… Read more