Future of EPA air programs for thenext 10 years

New Jersey Clean Air CouncilPublic Hearing April 14, 2010

7 Key Themes for EPA Lisa P. Jackson, EPA Administrator - January 12, 2010

1. Taking Action on Climate Change2. Improving Air Quality3. Assuring the Safety of Chemicals4. Cleaning Up Our Communities5. Protecting America’s Waters6. Expanding the Conversation on Environmentalism

and Working for Environmental Justice7. Building Strong State and Tribal Partnerships

1.Taking Action on Climate Change

Q: How will we (the U.S. / the developed world / the planet) deal with the biggest (in terms of scale, impact and economics) environmental challenge to date???

A: For the U.S. – It depends

The Legislative Options

Enactment of new clean energy / climate legislation

ORImplementation of the 1990 Clean Air Act

Legislation•House

– Waxman (D-CA)-Markey (D-MA) Bill (American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009)

– Approved by the House of Representatives on June 26, 2009

– Cap-and-trade•Senate – Kerry (D-MA), Graham (R-SC), and Lieberman (I-CT)

working outside of the committee process (through closed-door meetings)

– Framework for Climate Action and Energy Independence

– A combination of cap-and-trade and cap-and-dividend

1990 Clean Air Act• Massachusetts v. EPA (April 2007)• Endangerment Finding (December 2009)• Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Light Duty Vehicles (April 2010)• Tailoring Rule (Proposed September 2009)• Johnson Memo Reconsideration (March 2010)• Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule (Published October 2009)

2. Improving Air Quality

The “Conventional” Pollutants & Programs (some with a new twist)– National Ambient Air Quality Standards – Air Toxics– Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR)– New Source Review (NSR) & Prevention

of Significant Deterioration (PSD) – Enforcement

National Ambient Air Quality Standard Actions in 2010

• NO2 – Final in January 2010• SO2 – Final in June 2010• O3 Reconsideration –

Final in August 2010• CO – Proposal in October 2010• PM – Proposal in November 2010

5. Protecting America’s Waters

Air-Water Interface– Northeast States' 319(g) Petition on Mercury

Deposition– Nitrogen deposition

Water-Air Interface– A lot of air pollution is generated to pump, treat

and heat water or waste Solid Waste-Air Interface

– Using recycled or re-used materials reduces emissions from:

the extraction of raw materials the manufacture of goods methane (GHG) emissions from landfills

6. … Environmental Justice

Focus on communities historically under-represented in EPA decision making– Tribes, communities of color, economically

distressed areas– Children

Develop guidelines for including environ-mental justice principles in decisions

7. Building Strong State… Partnerships

View states as co-regulators Provide as much support as possible

– financial and technical

William S. BakerAir Senior Policy AdvisorEPA – Region 2baker.william@epa.gov(212) 637-3733