Washington: Climate Change

September 2011
Volume
41
Issue
11
Update Volume
41
Update Issue
26

The Department of Ecology amended Wash. Admin. Code §§173.400, General Regulations for Air Pollution Sources, & 173.401, Operating Permit Regulation. Changes are meant to ensure consistency between state rules and federal rules for greenhouse gas that defer for a period of three years the consideration of carbon dioxide emissions from bioenergy and other biogenic sources when determining whether a stationary source meets the PSD and Title V applicability thresholds. Changes were adopted August 10, 2011, and took effect September 10. See http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/laws/wsr/2011/17/11-17-037.htm.