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EPA plan would begin rolling back 'good neighbor' rule on downwind pollution from smokestacks
The Trump administration is taking a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring states
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday took a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring states.
The so-called “good neighbor” rule is one of dozens of regulations that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has targeted for reconsideration or repeal. The Supreme Court ruled in 2024 that the EPA could not enforce the rule, which is intended to block coal-fired power plants and other industrial sites from adding significantly to air pollution across state lines.
EPA takes first step to paring Biden-era smog crackdown
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In an about-face, the agency would instead approve five state “good neighbor” plans, thereby potentially skirting new pollution control requirements.
The Trump administration released a draft "good neighbor" smog control rule. Ian Britton/Flickr
The Trump administration unveiled its first step Wednesday towards unraveling a national smog control plan with a proposal that would modestly shrink its geographic scope.
Under the newly released draft rule, Alabama and four other states no longer would need to be covered by the 2023 federal blueprint put in place under then-President Joe Biden and predicted to save thousands of lives in the long term.
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EPA Takes First Step in Formal Rollback of Good Neighbor Rule
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Eight states will have their traveling ozone air plans approved under the first phase of an EPA plan to reconsider more stringent Good Neighbor rules from the Biden administration, the agency said Wednesday.
Under the proposal, the Environmental Protection Agency would greenlight ozone mitigation plans from Alabama, Arizona, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, and Tennessee. States are mandated to have these plans approved under National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
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