FERC - "Concurrence of Commissioner Bernard L. McNamee Regarding Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project"

Title: Concurrence of Commissioner Bernard L. McNamee Regarding Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project Source: FERC Data/Action: Speeches Date: 3/25/2020 Text Preview: ...in the late-1970s.  It is noteworthy that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in 1970, Congress established... ...the Commission to attempt to fill a gap that Congress has clearly meant for the EPA to occupy. 74 Therefore, because GHG emissions from the upstream production... ...EPA and the States exclusive authority to establish such measures. Congress designated the EPA as the expert agency “best suited to serve as primary regulator of greenhouse gas emissions,” 113 not the Commission. The Clean Air Act establishes an all-encompassing regulatory program, supervised by the EPA to deal comprehensively with interstate air pollution. 114 Congress entrusted the Administrator of the EPA...