Washington (Platts)--10Nov2010/500 pm EST/2200 GMT

      
The US Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday outlined how industry
can best reduce greenhouse gas emissions when the government begins regulating
large-scale emitters on January 2, but said it would not prescribe the use of
specific, and potentially costly fixes like carbon-capture technology.



     EPA Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation Gina McCarthy said the
agency's new Best Available Control Technology guidance spells out a five-step
process for state air regulators and industry officials to follow when
determining how to reduce GHG emissions.



     "This is pretty much business as usual for the BACT. There may be those
who thought we would go outside the box. But this is a tool that has worked
for the Clean Air Act for 30 years," McCarthy said Wednesday.



     EPA, via state and local clean air agencies, is set to begin regulating
carbon dioxide emissions from major sources January 2. The long-awaited
guidance will direct state and local regulators as they decide whether
large-scale emitters are doing enough to reduce their emissions.



		--Tom LoBianco, tom_lobianco@platts.com



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