EPA: Mercury Rules for Coal, Oil Power Units Not ‘Appropriate and Necessary’

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:08:55 +0000

Because compliance costs to coal- and oil-fired power plants for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) far exceed quantifiable benefits to regulating hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions, the Trump administration has proposed it is not “appropriate and necessary” to regulate HAP emissions from power plants under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), […]

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