That section authorizes EPA to establish
emission guidelines for existing sources to reflect the «best system of emission reduction» (BSER) at each of those single sources themselves.
The EPA also announced that it is considering an update
of emissions guidelines for existing landfills nationwide as a way to reduce methane emissions.
To date, the impact of newer,
stricter emissions guidelines has largely been felt in the engine bay, with manufacturers turning to engine downsizing and powertrain electrification to meet emissions standards.
This factsheet published as part of the EPA's rules for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills focuses on
proposed emission guidelines for existing landfills...
However, buried in another set of comments submitted to the EPA's regulatory reform task force by utility companies via UARG is the line: «UARG encourages EPA to acknowledge that once it has
promulgated emission guidelines for a source category, the CAA does not give the Agency authority to revisit those guidelines and make them more stringent.»
EPA has well - established authority under section 111 of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. § 7411, to
establish emission guidelines for carbon dioxide («CO2») emissions from power plants.
Jeep ® Cherokee Trailhawk equipped with 3.2 - liter Pentastar V - 6 meets fuel - efficiency and
emissions guidelines for Japan's Eco-Car tax incentive
In an effort to meet stringent fuel and
emissions guidelines, the next - generation Mercedes - Benz C - Class will be made lighter and more fuel - efficient.
But the Clean Power Plan is textbook «cooperative federalism»: EPA establishes the emission reduction targets in
its emission guideline.
in response to the landfill rule telling the agency it lacks authority under the Clean Air Act to revise
emission guidelines to make them more stringent: «Since the enactment of section 111 (d) in 1970, EPA has never before sought to make any emission guidelines under section 111 (d) more stringent.»
UARG submitted comments to the EPA in October 2015 in response to the landfill rule telling the agency it lacks authority under the Clean Air Act to revise
emission guidelines to make them more stringent: «Since the enactment of section 111 (d) in 1970, EPA has never before sought to make any emission guidelines under section 111 (d) more stringent.»
Under the Obama administration, EPA finalized landfill
emission guidelines based on industry changes that had occurred since emission guidelines were first promulgated in 1996.