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Lee Zeldin: “We are moving through the next phase of EPA's…”

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Shelley Moore Capito Asks EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin About Extending Biden-Era Coal Plant Rule

Published | Video Starts at 02:16

There were tremendous costs, as you well know, impacted greatly by your own people with the added costs that was estimated into the billions of dollars we are current. And the finalization of that rule that you cited was December 23rd. We are moving through the next phase of EPA's reconsideration of the 24 rule. It will reevaluate the effluent limitations for unmanaged combustion residual leach. It and unlike the Biden administration is going to follow the law in assessing the best available technology economically … (02:16–02:21)

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Asserts that the EPA is moving to the next phase of reconsidering the 2024 rule.

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