PA DEP News Release : ADVISORY – JULY 13 – HARRISBURG – Environmental Quality Board to Consider Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Final Regulation

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

Dept. of Environmental Protection

Commonwealth News Bureau

Room 308, Main Capitol Building

Harrisburg PA., 17120

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

07/8/2021

CONTACT:

Jamar Thrasher, DEP

717-787-1323

 

ADVISORY – JULY 13 – HARRISBURG – Environmental Quality Board to Consider Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Final Regulation

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board will hold a meeting on Tuesday July 13, 2021 to consider the final form rulemaking for Pennsylvania to take part in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). The meeting will be held at 9:00 AM and will be streamed at pacast.com/live/dep. The Rachel Carson State Office Building remains closed to the public.

The final RGGI regulation takes into account the thousands of comments received across 10 virtual public hearings and 60 day comment period. The final version of the regulation, along with supporting documents, can be found at dep.pa.gov/rggi under “Consideration of Final Rulemaking: CO2 Budget Trading Program (25 Pa. Code Chapter 145).”

Benefits of the regulation, if enacted, include:

• Less air pollution – RGGI would eliminate more than 188 million tons of carbon pollution over 10 years

• Improved health by preventing $6.3 billion of health care costs due to cleaner air

• Up to 30,000 new jobs created and an increase in Gross State Product by $2 billion

More information about RGGI and Pennsylvania can be found at dep.pa.gov/rggi

WHAT: Environmental Quality Board Meeting

WHEN: Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at 9:00 AM

WHERE: Streaming at pacast.com/live/dep