Executive Summary posted February 21, 2002 by Dana Joel Gattuso
Executive Summary: Why the New Source Review Program Needs Reform: A Primeron NSR
The Bush Administration is expected to introduce
much-needed reforms of the New Source Review (NSR) program, the
federal program that controls air emissions from industrial
facilities. The Administration's ability to restructure the program
and reform its perverse incentives will determine how rapidly the
nation can meet its growing energy needs while controlling…
Backgrounder posted February 21, 2002 by Dana Joel Gattuso
Why the New Source Review Program Needs Reform: A Primer on NSR
The Bush Administration will soon introduce
much-needed reforms of the New Source Review (NSR) program. NSR,
adopted in 1977 in an amendment to the Clean Air Act (CAA), was
intended to regulate air pollution from new "sources" by requiring
newly constructed facilities and old facilities undergoing "major
modifications" to go through extensive permitting requirements…