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GAO-10-831R 1 (2010-06-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxbg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I V L Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-319894 June 17, 2010 The Honorable Barbara Boxer Chairman The Honorable James M. Inhofe Ranking Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable Henry A. Waxman Chairman The Honorable Joe Barton Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Environmental Protection Agency. Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), entitled Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule (RIN: 2060-AP86). We received the rule on May 14, 2010. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on June 3, 2010, with an effective date of August 2, 2010. 75 Fed. Reg. 31,514. The final rule tailors the applicability criteria that determine which stationary sources and modification projects become subject to permitting requirements for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and title V programs of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act). EPA believes that this rulemaking is necessary because without it PSD and title V requirements would apply, as of January 2, 2011, at the 100 or 250 tons per year (tpy) levels provided under the CAA, greatly increasing the number of required permits, imposing undue costs on small sources, overwhelming the resources of permitting authorities, and severely impairing the functioning of the programs. EPA is relieving these resource burdens by phasing in the applicability of these programs to GHG sources, starting with the largest GHG emitters. This rule establishes two initial steps of the phase-in. The rule also commits the agency to take certain actions on future steps addressing GAO-10-831R

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