Power Plan Replacement Rule Restores Federal and State Balance Mandated by Law
(World News USA)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hal Quinn, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Mining Association (NMA), issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency`s (EPA`s) proposed replacement rule. `Through the replacement rule, the EPA has returned to a lawful framework for regulation of power plant emissions. The Clean Air Act created a system of shared authority by EPA and the states, and this proposal appropriately reflects that construct. `The policy put forward by the previous administration was an illegal attempt to impose a political agenda on the country`s power system, to create what it called `a new energy economy.` That `new energy economy` would...