EPA Reaffirms Acid Rain Program Rule Revisions Amid Court Decision

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking interim final action to reaffirm certain revisions to the Acid Rain Program rules, which have achieved significant reductions in sulfur dioxide emissions since 1995. The decision comes after a U.S. Court of Appeals decision vacating and remanding the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and Federal Implementation Plans for CAIR (CAIR FIPs), but EPA believes the revisions are unaffected by the ruling.