By Charles Young, WV News
WASHINGTON (WV News) — While state officials and energy industry stakeholders applauded the EPA’s announcement Tuesday that it plans to roll back Biden-era limits on emissions from power plants, it will be some time before the new rules go into effect, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Thursday.
The federal rule-making process is long, complicated and includes periods for public comment. Additionally, the rule changes are likely to face legal challenges from environmentalists and other activist groups.
“It will be a long time for the Trump administration to reconstruct a clean power plan to where we are more transitional while we’re moving toward carbon capture at a rate that’s actually achievable and makes sense,” Capito said. “It will probably be at least a year or two before we see these final rules again, but I’m glad that (EPA) Administrator (Lee) Zeldin has decided to move in this direction.”
The EPA announced two deregulatory proposals Wednesday.
