Massachusetts: Climate Change
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) adopted 310 CMR 7.70, Massachusetts Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Budget Trading Program. MassDEP also announces final amendments to 310 CMR 7.29, Emissions Standards for Power Plants, and 310 CMR 7.00 Appendix B(7), Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Credit Banking and Trading Program. Specifically, these amendments will terminate the CO2 requirements of 310 CMR 7.29 on December 31, 2008, and terminate the GHG Credit Banking and Trading Program in 2013.