EPA, Supporters Defend 'Co-Benefit' Pollution Cuts To Justify Utility MACT

EPA and its environmentalist, state and utility industry supporters are defending the agency's use of “co-benefit” cuts in pollution not regulated by its power plant maximum achievable control technology (MACT) rule as a justification for the regulation, saying the human health protections from the cuts are a vital part of the MACT's benefits. In briefs filed Feb. 25 with the Supreme Court, proponents of the air toxics rule also reiterate their arguments that EPA was justified in not considering costs...