House Subcommittee Approves Delay to EPA Cement Rules
The House Energy and Power Subcommittee on Sept. 13 approved two bills that would delay the Environmental Protection Agency's implementation of rules setting maximum achievable control technology (MACT) and other standards for boilers and cement kilns. The two bills cleared the subcommittee by a voice vote that followed party lines.
The measures would require the EPA to replace existing regulations with a new set of rules that are intended to be achievable and that would provide industry facilities with more time to comply.