The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency proposed a Clean Fuel Standard draft rule in October 2019 aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels sold across King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish counties. The rule targets a 25% reduction in carbon intensity for the region's transportation fuel pool by 2030, using a system of deficit and credit trading. A public comment period ran through January 6, 2020, with the Agency's Board of Directors set to consider a final rule no sooner than February 27, 2020.Open full document
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The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency released a draft Clean Fuel Standard rule applicable to transportation fuels in King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish counties, targeting a 25% reduction in carbon intensity by 2030. The rule establishes regulated, opt-in, and exempted fuel categories, and includes provisions for highly impacted communities requiring 35% of credit revenue from electric utilities and transit agencies to benefit those communities. A 90-day public comment period ran from October 9, 2019 through January 6, 2020.