EPA Refreshes Connecticut's Air Pollution Playbook Updates
Published Date: 7/24/2025
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Summary
The EPA is updating Connecticut’s air pollution plan by removing two old orders for Dow Chemical and Pratt & Whitney and adding a new consent order for Thames Shipyard. This keeps pollution controls strong while making the plan more current. These changes affect local businesses and help keep the air cleaner without adding new costs or deadlines.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Dow order removed from Connecticut SIP
The EPA approved removing State Order 7002B (issued to Dow Chemical USA in Gales Ferry on May 25, 1982) from Connecticut’s State Implementation Plan (SIP). That order previously addressed sulfur fuel content limits for Dow.
Pratt & Whitney order removed from SIP
The EPA approved removing State Order 8027 (issued to Pratt & Whitney in North Haven on March 22, 1989) from Connecticut’s SIP. That order addressed reasonably available control technology (RACT) for volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions for Pratt & Whitney.
Thames Shipyard consent order added to SIP
The EPA approved adding Consent Order 8381 (issued to Thames Shipyard and Repair Company in New London on December 3, 2021) into Connecticut’s SIP so that RACT requirements for VOC emissions from shipbuilding and repair operations continue to be implemented at Thames Shipyard.
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