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'''Clean Air Interstate Rule''' (CAIR) was an Environmental Protection Agency initiative managed by the Clean Air Markets Division that reduced sulfur dioxide (SO₂) and nitrogen oxide (NOₓ) emissions from over 3,000 power plants across 28 eastern states and the District of Columbia, achieving significant air quality improvements in downwind areas via a cap-and-trade system from 2009 until its replacement in 2014. Finalized in 2005 to address ozone and fine particulate matter under the Clean Air Act’s Good Neighbor Provision, it was vacated by the D.C. Circuit in 2008 (North Carolina v. EPA), but temporarily reinstated until the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) succeeded it in 2011, fully phasing out CAIR by 2014 with over $1.9 billion in annual health benefits during its tenure. The Clean Air Interstate Rule has transitioned into the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). | '''Clean Air Interstate Rule''' (CAIR) was an [[Environmental Protection Agency]] initiative managed by the Clean Air Markets Division that reduced sulfur dioxide (SO₂) and nitrogen oxide (NOₓ) emissions from over 3,000 power plants across 28 eastern states and the District of Columbia, achieving significant air quality improvements in downwind areas via a cap-and-trade system from 2009 until its replacement in 2014. | ||
Finalized in 2005 to address ozone and fine particulate matter under the Clean Air Act’s Good Neighbor Provision, it was vacated by the D.C. Circuit in 2008 (North Carolina v. EPA), but temporarily reinstated until the [[Cross-State Air Pollution Rule]] (CSAPR) succeeded it in 2011, fully phasing out CAIR by 2014 with over $1.9 billion in annual health benefits during its tenure. The Clean Air Interstate Rule has transitioned into the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). | |||
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The Clean Air Interstate Rule was sponsored by the Clean Air Markets Division (CAMD) within the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, under the Environmental Protection Agency.<ref>"CAIR Structure," EPA, https://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/clean-air-interstate-rule-cair-archive, accessed February 19, 2025.</ref> Funding came from Congressional appropriations, supporting staff and the Clean Air Markets Program Data (CAMPD) system to manage allowance trading and compliance monitoring across 28 states, with coordination from state air agencies and power plant operators under Part 75 regulations. | The Clean Air Interstate Rule was sponsored by the Clean Air Markets Division (CAMD) within the EPA’s [[Office of Air and Radiation]], under the Environmental Protection Agency.<ref>"CAIR Structure," EPA, https://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/clean-air-interstate-rule-cair-archive, accessed February 19, 2025.</ref> Funding came from Congressional appropriations, supporting staff and the [[Clean Air Markets Program Data]] (CAMPD) system to manage allowance trading and compliance monitoring across 28 states, with coordination from state air agencies and power plant operators under Part 75 regulations. | ||
The leader at the EPA level was the Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, with oversight transitioning across appointees until its end in 2014. | The leader at the EPA level was the Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, with oversight transitioning across appointees until its end in 2014. | ||