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On the recordDecember 16, 2014
So a power plant owner looking at this proposed rule could expect that the improvements in emissions that they would be obliged to make as a result, for instance, of the good neighbor policy, would count toward the new ozone standard and would likely help reduce their emissions of ozone precursors as well, correct?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Power plant owners can expect emission improvements to count towards new ozone standards.

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