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Clean Air Act

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SW: →‎Timeline: adds Oct 10 lawsuit over MACT rules
* 2011, March 16 -- Proposes rules on HAPs such as mercury, arsenic, lead, nickel, chromium and hydrochloric acid.
* 2011, July 11 -- EPA issues final regulations for Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) issued, requiring requires 27 states to reduce power plant emissions that contribute to ozone and/or fine particle pollution in other states. <ref> [http://www.epa.gov/airtransport/ Cross State Air Pollution Rule”] EPA, July 11, 2011. </ref> Electric utility reaction in June and July is highly negative. * 2011, Oct. 10 -- Twenty five states urged a federal court to require EPA to delay the MACT emissions rule by at least a year, saying that pollution controls are too costly. <ref> [http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/11/us-25-states-urge-court-to-make-us-epa-d-idUSTRE79A0E520111011 "25 states urge court to make EPA delay power plant rule"] Reuters, Oct. 10, 2011.</ref>
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