EPA Grants First GHG Permit to Texas Facility
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday issued the first greenhouse gas (GHG) permit in Texas. The move comes nearly a year after Texas refused to implement federal GHG regulations that require air permits for high-emission projects and the EPA seized the state’s authority to grant permits.
The permit issued on Thursday was granted to the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant in Llano County, Texas. LCRA is modernizing and expanding its plant by replacing its 37-year-old 440-MW gas-fired unit with a new 590-MW combined cycle gas-fired plant. “The new plant…