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Relaxation Of Implementation Plans Under The 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments, David P. Currie
Relaxation Of Implementation Plans Under The 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments, David P. Currie
Michigan Law Review
This Article probes the convoluted ameliorative provisions of the 1977 Amendments in three parts. Section I deals with delayed compliance orders - orders granted to stationary sources unable to meet the statutory deadlines for compliance. Section 113( d) is the fountainhead provision, and besides a general provision for delayed compliance, it also contains specific provisions for sources unable to comply due to retirement of present facilities, due to investment in innovative facilities with the promise of greater pollution reduction in the future or due to government orders to convert from cleaner fuels to coal.
Section II analyzes two specific relief …