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EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0390-0138

Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0390-0138

Last Name: Anonymous3

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Current Category Code: 260

Comment: 

Dear Administrator Johnson and EPA staff: I urge you to take immediate action

and rule that carbon dioxide and other global warming pollutants clearly

"endanger the public health and welfare" and thus should be regulated under the

Clean Air Act. Carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution is the primary cause of the

climate crisis. We're already seeing dramatic and dangerous climate effects

today, and the climate crisis threatens the very livability of our planet for

our children. We must reduce CO2 pollution now. Rather than continue to rely on

polluting fossil fuels, we can "Repower America" by using energy sources that

don't emit CO2, and make the switch to 100% clean electricity.

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Letter ID: 0138 

Commenter: Anonymous3 

 

Letter ID: 0138 Comment ID: 23078 Letter Lines: 16 to 24 

Comment Code: 1290 1.1.2.2 Comments that EPA should regulate CO2 as a pollutant 

Comment: Dear Administrator Johnson and EPA staff: I urge you to take immediate action 

and rule that carbon dioxide and other global warming pollutants clearly 

"endanger the public health and welfare" and thus should be regulated under the 

Clean Air Act. Carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution is the primary cause of the 

climate crisis. We're already seeing dramatic and dangerous climate effects 

today, and the climate crisis threatens the very livability of our planet for 

our children. We must reduce CO2 pollution now. Rather than continue to rely on 

polluting fossil fuels, we can "Repower America" by using energy sources that 

don't emit CO2, and make the switch to 100% clean electricity. 

Individual Response: EPA clarifies that the Class VI GS requirements are designed to ensure 

consistency in permitting underground injection of CO2 at GS operations across the United 

States and provide requirements to prevent endangerment of USDWs in anticipation of the 

eventual use of GS to reduce CO2 emissions. The requirements apply to owners or operators of 

injection wells used to inject CO2 for permanent storage. The Class VI GS rulemaking is 

promulgated under Safe Drinking Water Act authority and does not relate to any endangerment 

and cause or contribute findings under the Clean Air Act. The Class VI GS requirements do not 

depend upon, and are unaffected by, Clean Air Act endangerment and cause or contribute 

findings. 

The Agency clarifies that the use of “clean electricity” is outside the scope of the GS rulemaking. 

More information on EPA's Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse 

Gases under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act can be found at 

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/endangerment.html. 

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