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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released pollution permitting guidance for state and local environmental agencies, detailing how to apply Best Available Control Technology (BACT) requirements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from large new polluters.

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Given the built-in limitations on EPA authority contained in the Clean Air Act, fears of agency “overreach” are misplaced.

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