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1MiIMII// We recognize the need for appropriate and effective MMUA Position regulation of both air quality and water quality, Minnesota's municipal utilities are strong and we have a long history of working with supporters of clean air and water. We are doing both federal and state regulators to meet those what we can back home to improve both air and regulations. But to be effective, regulation must water quality. consider the available technology and the need for the regulated community to have appropriate Our public power systems are investing in new, timelines to address the technological and fiscal clean, and efficient generating resources to position burdens of meeting new standards. themselves for a changing market and improve our air quality. We have made a lot of progress and we A pattern of overreach will continue to explore and develop innovative new In recent years EPA has shown a pattern of technologies. overreach in developing environmental regulations that are overbroad and overly burdensome. EPA's Under the previous administration EPA had a Clean Power Plan went far beyond EPA's prior pattern overreach in developing overbroad air practice in directing electric utilities to produce and water regulations with questionable legal sharp reductions in greenhouse gases. If the underpinnings. We appreciate EPA's consideration regulation had gone in effect, it would have been in repealing rules such as the Clean Power Plan subject to years of litigation over its questionable and Waters of the U.S. rules. We look forward to legal underpinnings. EPA's Reciprocal Internal working with EPA on reasonable and effective air Combustion Engines (RICE) rule was developed and water quality in the future. without considering the concerns of hundreds of municipal electric utilities in the Midwest that operate diesel-powered generating stations. On the water side, the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule was widely criticized for its overreach. It would have ` subjected millions of acres to federal regulation with little or no legitimate underlying federal purpose. Trump Administration Response EPA has repealed both the Clean Power Plan and the Waters of the U.S. Rules. We appreciate the Administration's actions on these rules. We look forward to working with EPA on air and water regulation going Municipal utilities,acting through joint action agencies, have substantial windpower forward. resources. Pictured is the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency's Oak Glen Wind Farm. 2018 Federal Position Statements/13 245