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Supreme Court pause clouds future of EPA "Good Neighbor" emissions trading, Utah official says
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State official Clay Crozier summarized recent court rulings and federal action affecting the EPAGood Neighbor" obligations under the Clean Air Act and said the decision leaves uncertainty about interstate air-quality trading and state implementation plans.
Clay Crozier, legal counsel for the Utah Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office, told the Uinta Basin Collaborative that changes to the federal Good Neighbor rule and a recent Supreme Court decision have created uncertainty for interstate ozone control measures. "I think the most helpful case to understand it is Ohio versus the Environmental Protection Agency," Crozier said, describing how the Clean Air Act requires states to adopt State Implementation Plans to avoid causing or worsening air-quality violations in neighboring states.
Crozier summarized the sequence of events: the Obama administration tightened the ozone standard and required new SIPs; the Biden administration later…
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