You're quoting a paragraph talking about EPA air pollution permits, which are about things like NOx and particulates rather than CO2. Moreover, those types of

You're quoting a paragraph talking about EPA air pollution permits, which are about things like NOx and particulates rather than CO2. Moreover, those types of permits aren't a sensible way to deal with CO2 even if they were actually used for that, because you can't scrub CO2 using filters or more complete combustion methods or the like. There is nothing about the facility to inspect or approve, it's solely a matter of how much carbon is in the fuel that it burns. Which is why the only sensible way to handle it is to put a carbon price on the fuel, which has nothing to do with any particular facility.