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EPA Moves to Significantly Tighten Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

April 6, 2023 admin air emissions, Air pollution, Business, Coal, Environmental, EPA, ESP, full coverage, haps, Legal & Regulatory, lignite, MATS, mercury controls, news, regulations, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 20:22:49 +0000

A proposed rule unveiled by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 5 could considerably tighten the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for power plants, with specific repercussions for coal- and oil-fired generation. The proposed rule seeks to significantly update the 2012–finalized National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Coal- and Oil-Fired […]

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Group: EPA’s Coordinated Regulatory Assault on Coal Power Could Push Retirements Beyond 86 GW by 2030

August 4, 2022 admin ace rule, america's power, Business, carbon emissions, ccr, clean power plant, climate change, Coal, coal power, elg, Environmental, EPA, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, MATS, news, Supreme Court, Technology, transport rule

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:30:38 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is readying a regulatory sweep targeting more stringent limits on traditional pollutants that could accelerate coal power plant closures. A coal generation trade group estimates that even without new rules, an estimated 86 GW of coal generation is slated to retire by 2030. While the Supreme Court in June curtailed […]

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Group: EPA’s Coordinated Regulatory Assault on Coal Power Could Push Retirements Beyond 86 GW by 2030

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:30:38 +0000

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[UPDATED] EPA Sets Schedules for Long List of Power Plant Regulatory Actions

May 24, 2019 admin Agenda, Business, Coal, coal ash, csapr, elg, Environmental, EPA, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, MATS, news, rules, schedules, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 12:40:50 +0000

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will act on a spate of power plant rules over the next year, its newly released agenda of regulatory and deregulatory actions shows. The May 23-released “Spring 2019 Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions” lists 35 new actions, along with 57 actions that it considers “deregulatory.” The list includes new […]

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EPA Sets Schedules for Long List of Power Plant Regulatory Actions

May 23, 2019 admin Agenda, Business, Coal, coal ash, csapr, elg, Environmental, EPA, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, MATS, news, rules, schedules, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 12:40:50 +0000

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Bipartisan Senators Urge EPA to Drop Proposed Changes to Mercury Rule

March 18, 2019 admin alexander, Business, Coal, collins, Environmental, EPA, haps, Legislative, MATS, mercury rule, news, rtr, Senate, supplemental finding

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 22:17:16 +0000

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators are urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw a proposed rule that they said could “lead to the undoing” of the Obama administration’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). In a March 18 letter to newly appointed EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler, the group led by Sens. Lamar Alexander […]

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Andrew Wheeler Confirmed as EPA Administrator

February 28, 2019 admin ace, ace rule, Clean Power Plan, Coal, coal power, Environmental, EPA, epa administrator, lamar alexander, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, MATS, news, Senate, Susan Collins

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 22:25:30 +0000

The Senate on February 28 officially confirmed Andrew Wheeler to be administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a 52–47 vote, mostly along party lines. The nomination of Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, was controversial, with many lawmakers and environmentalists criticizing his ties to the coal industry. Wheeler has held the role in an acting […]

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Clean Air Act Issues Congress Could Grapple With in New Session

January 9, 2019 admin 116th congress, ace, clean air act, Clean Power Plan, Coal, Congress, courts, Environmental, environmental rules, EPA, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, MATS, NAAQS, news, nsps

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 15:48:02 +0000

While the Republican-led U.S. House and Senate in the 115th Congress was mainly focused on reviewing, for modification or repeal, several environmental rules issued under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the new Democrat majority in the House could focus on a slew of different measures, a new report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) suggests. […]

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

December 28, 2018 admin caa, Coal, courts, emissions, EPA, hap, Legal & Regulatory, MATS, mercury, news, Obama, pollutant, section 112, Supreme Court, Trump

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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How Did MATS Affect U.S. Coal Generation?

October 7, 2018 admin aci, analysis, Business, Coal, coal generation, coal retirements, costs, EIA, Environmental, EPA, Gas, Markets, MATS, mercury, mercury pollution, ncc, news, Renewables, toxic release inventory

Industry aggressively fought the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) when the Obama administration proposed it in 2011 and finalized it in February 2012, warning it would precipitate the closure of a swathe of coal capacity nationwide. Six years later, the rule appears to have had a sizable impact on the power sector, but not […]

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