EPA Announces Additional Listening Sessions on CPP Repeal

UPDATED 02.01.2018 EPA’s notice of three public listening sessions has been published in the Federal Register, 83 Fed. Reg. 4,620.

EPA will hold three additional “listening sessions” on its proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan.

• Kansas City, Missouri—February 21, 2018 from 10:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. CST;
• San Francisco, California—February 28, 2018 from 8:30 A.M. to 7:30 P.M. PST; and
• Gillette, Wyoming—March 27, 2018 from 9:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. MDT.

The listening session will provide an opportunity for members of the public to provide oral comments and supporting information on the proposed repeal of the CPP.  Pre-registration to speak at the listening session will be available approximately one week before each session, when notice is published in the Federal Register.

EPA has also stated that these notices will re-open the public comment period through April 26, 2018, and that it will give equal consideration to oral and written comments.  Relatedly, the deadline for comments on EPA’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on replacing the CPP is February 26, 2018.