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"WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized a rule forcing
factories and power plants in 23 Western and Midwestern states to sharply cut
smog-causing pollution that is released from their smokestacks and fouls the
air in Eastern states.
Known as the “good neighbor” rule, the new regulation strengthens and expands
an earlier interstate air pollution standard that was enacted during the Obama
administration. While that rule directed power plants to clean up their
emissions, the revised rule enforces similar controls on mills, factories and
other industrial facilities.
The Environmental Protection Agency is required by the Clean Air Act to
periodically review and revise the rule. After failing do so during the Trump
administration, it is now strengthening restrictions under a court-ordered
deadline.
The good neighbor rule holds that states should take measures to ensure that
their pollution doesn’t affect downwind states. It directs coal-burning power
plants and industrial facilities such as iron, steel, cement and concrete
manufacturers in the Western and Midwestern states to reduce their emissions of
nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant that causes smog and is linked to asthma, lung
disease and premature death.
Soot and exhaust belched from those industrial facilities is carried by
prevailing winds toward Eastern states, causing high levels of pollution in
states with fewer industries.
“Every community deserves fresh air to breathe,” E.P.A. Administrator Michael
S. Regan said. “We know air pollution doesn’t stop at the state line.”
The tighter rules on power plants will come into force later this year, while
the new controls on factories and other industrial polluters will take effect
in 2026."
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