EPA Gives Ohio 15 Extra Days to Chat Power Plant Pollution Limits
Published Date: 2/28/2025
Proposed Rule
Summary
The EPA is giving folks 15 more days to share their thoughts on Ohio’s plan to keep the air clean, especially about rules for three big power plants. This update focuses on permit details that help reduce pollution from these plants. If you care about cleaner air or work at these plants, now’s the time to speak up before the deadline!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
15-Day Reopening for Public Comments
The EPA reopened the public comment period for 15 days on a proposed rule that was published August 30, 2024. This gives anyone a short extra window to submit written feedback on Ohio’s regional haze plan and related permit references.
Comment Focus on Three Power Plant Permits
The reopened comment period is limited to how permit conditions are referenced in three Director's Final Findings and Orders for Cardinal Power Plant, Ohio Valley Electric Corp.--Kyger Creek, and General James M. Gavin Power Plant. The focus is on permit details as those conditions apply to the limits in the DFFOs for those three plants.
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