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EPA Publishes Carbon Capture Regs
The Obama administration on Thursday detailed final regulations easing the path toward technology needed to A final Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule, to be published in Friday's Federal Register, is meant to remove potential obstacles in the implementation of carbon capture and sequestration (CSS) technology. Without the technology, coal plants would be unable to meet forthcoming emission standards proposed as part of President Obama's effort to combat climate change. So first they write rules to block out coal plants, then graciously permit some mumbo jumbo to cover their tracks. Republicans and business groups have maligned the standards as a "war on coal," saying the carbon capture technology is costly and unproven. Not to mention unnecessary. Ask those guys froze in way down south! The administration, meanwhile, has defended the technology, which involves capturing carbon emissions before it spews out of plants and injecting it underground for long-term storage. Get it underground before the plants can separate the carbon from the oxygen! The process is known as geologic sequestration (GS). The rule creates a "consistent national framework" to facilitate the technology, including language that exempts "EPA expects that this amendment will substantially reduce the uncertainty associated with identifying these CO2 streams under RCRA subtitle C, and will also facilitate the deployment of (geologic sequestration) by providing additional regulatory certainty," the 58-page rule states. Additional regulatory certainty. Has a nice ring to it, eh? Members of the public and interested parties have 75 days to comment on the guidance. Posted by: Bobby 2014-01-03 |
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