{"id":7542,"date":"2014-06-17T14:45:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T19:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=7542"},"modified":"2014-06-17T14:45:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T19:45:45","slug":"epas-authority-to-limit-carbon-pollution-from-power-plants-is-well-established-and-widely-recognized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2014\/06\/17\/epas-authority-to-limit-carbon-pollution-from-power-plants-is-well-established-and-widely-recognized\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA\u2019s Authority to Limit Carbon Pollution from Power Plants Is Well Established and Widely Recognized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/2014\/06\/Gavel_iStock000003633182Medium1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-7548\" alt=\"Gavel_iStock000003633182Medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/2014\/06\/Gavel_iStock000003633182Medium1.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/2014\/06\/Gavel_iStock000003633182Medium1.jpg 1698w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/2014\/06\/Gavel_iStock000003633182Medium1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/2014\/06\/Gavel_iStock000003633182Medium1-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/a>(<i>This post was written by EDF <\/i><i>attorney\u00a0Megan Ceronsky and legal fellow Peter Heisler<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p>The bedrock legal authority underlying the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/climate\/a-new-federal-clean-power-plan\">Clean Power Plan<\/a> is broadly recognized &#8212; by our nation\u2019s highest court, states, power companies, academic experts and the EPA General Counsel serving during the President George H.W. Bush administration.<\/p>\n<p>Our recent <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2014\/05\/30\/the-supreme-court-has-been-clear-epa-has-authority-to-address-carbon-pollution\/\">Climate 411 post<\/a> chronicles the Supreme Court\u2019s decisions affirming EPA\u2019s authority to address carbon pollution from power plants under section 111 of the Clean Air Act.<\/p>\n<p>In <i>Massachusetts v. EPA <\/i>(2007), the Court held that carbon dioxide is a pollutant under the Clean Air Act.\u00a0 Then, in <i>AEP v. Connecticut <\/i>(2011), the Court explicitly recognized EPA\u2019s authority to limit emissions of carbon dioxide from power plants pursuant to section 111, and acknowledged the agency\u2019s ongoing efforts to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Even before <i>AEP <\/i>was decided, however, legal researchers and academics had identified section 111 as a promising avenue for regulating carbon pollution from power plants and industrial facilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 2009 <a href=\"http:\/\/new.nationalaglawcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/assets\/crs\/R40585.pdf\">report<\/a> by the Congressional Research Service found that \u201cSection 111 appears to provide a strong basis for EPA to establish a traditional regulatory approach to controlling greenhouse gas emissions from large stationary sources.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>A 2010 <a href=\"http:\/\/nicholasinstitute.duke.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/avoiding-the-glorious-mess-paper.pdf\">paper<\/a> by Duke University\u2019s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions observed that \u201c[S]ection 111 appears to provide the EPA with the best means to create a system that \u2026 implements a cost-effective program that delivers meaningful emissions reductions, is consistent with both the statutory language of the Act and legal precedent, and is politically viable.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>A 2011 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.columbia.edu\/null\/download?&amp;exclusive=filemgr.download&amp;file_id=60994\">survey<\/a> of the academic community found \u201cwidespread agreement\u201d that \u201c[section] 111 authorizes the use of many types of flexible approaches\u201d to regulating carbon pollution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Indeed, states, power companies, and other stakeholders have all recently analyzed and supported EPA\u2019s authority to limit carbon pollution from power plants:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eec.ky.gov\/Documents\/GHG%20Policy%20Report%20with%20Gina%20McCarthy%20letter.pdf\">Kentucky<\/a> recognized EPA\u2019s role in setting the benchmark that states will have to meet under section 111.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndhealth.gov\/energy\/PA\/PA-RecommendedFrameworkSection111(d).pdf\">Pennsylvania<\/a> said that section 111 was the \u201cmost appropriate\u201d provision for regulating carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rggi.org\/docs\/RGGI_States_111d_Letter_Comments.pdf\">nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states<\/a> participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative \u201crecommend[ed] that EPA use its authority under section 111 of the Clean Air Act to ensure significant overall reductions in carbon emissions.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgetownclimate.org\/sites\/default\/files\/EPA_Submission_from_States-FinalCompl.pdf\">Fifteen states<\/a> from across the country agreed that \u201cEPA needs to seize [the] opportunity [for pollution reduction] because Section 111(d) standards are to be based on the \u2018best system of emission reduction,\u2019\u201d including energy efficiency and renewable energy.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjbradley.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Options%20for%20Regulating%20Power%20Plants%20Under%20Section%20111%20Final.pdf\">Clean Energy Group<\/a>, whose members include some of the largest generators of electricity in the country, noted that \u201cEPA has significant discretion under section 111(d) in determining both the appropriate level of the standards for existing power plants, as well as the form of the regulations.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Environmental law experts have also analyzed and endorsed EPA\u2019s authority to regulate carbon pollution from power plants:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UCLA Law Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/cafe\/obama-has-to-climate-change-rules-the-law-says-so\">Ann Carlson<\/a> said \u201c[I]t is important to be clear here: the President is required to issue the rules, required by law and by the interpretation of the law by the highest Court in the land.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Harvard Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/05\/30\/opinion\/teaching-an-old-law-new-tricks.html?_r=1\">Jody Freeman<\/a> called critics\u2019 claims to the contrary \u201cweak,\u201d explaining that \u201c[t]he record clearly shows that Congress intended to ensure that harmful pollutants from existing power plants could not entirely escape regulation. These emissions qualify for regulation under 111(d) because they are not covered elsewhere in the law and account for nearly 40 percent of the nation\u2019s total emissions of carbon dioxide, the principal driver of global warming.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/legal-planet.org\/2014\/06\/01\/obamas-plan-has-support-from-george-h-w-bushs-epa-general-counsel-utility-executives\/\">E. Donald Elliott<\/a>, EPA General Counsel under President George H.W. Bush, noted that \u201cthe Supreme Court and other courts have upheld EPA\u2019s authority to address this issue,\u201d and \u201c[a] system-wide approach provides needed flexibility and reduces costs, as well as encouraging investment in lower-emitting generation. EPA has wisely left the states a lot of discretion rather than mandating specific measures as some had wanted\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/207735-with-new-push-to-cut-pollution-from-power-plants-energy-efficiency-checks-all\">Carol Browner<\/a>, EPA Administrator during the Clinton administration, wrote that \u201cEPA has authority under the 1990 Clean Air Act, an authority affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court, to set these public health protections against carbon pollution.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2014\/06\/the-obscure-1970-compromise-that-made-obamas-climate-rules-possible-107351.html#.U58lpF_D_Gg\">Leon G. Billings<\/a>, who was the principal staff author of the Clean Air Act of 1970, shared his personal knowledge of the statute:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Critics of the move say that President Obama is making an end run around Congress, stretching the law to achieve by executive action what he could not accomplish through the legislative branch \u2026 This is flat wrong. More than four decades ago, Congress expressed its clear desire to regulate pollution from power plants, in the form of the Clean Air Act. I know, because I worked on the legislation, including the key part of the act \u2014 Section 111 \u2014 that the Obama administration is using to justify its move.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The legal community broadly recognizes EPA\u2019s authority and obligation to address carbon pollution emitted by power plants. This is perhaps unsurprising, as all these statements simply echo what the Supreme Court has already held &#8212; that EPA\u2019s efforts to reduce carbon pollution from power plants are firmly grounded in the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(This post was written by EDF attorney\u00a0Megan Ceronsky and legal fellow Peter Heisler) The bedrock legal authority underlying the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) Clean Power Plan is broadly recognized &#8212; by our nation\u2019s highest court, states, power companies, academic experts and the EPA General Counsel serving during the President George H.W. Bush administration. 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