Utilities Push Ahead With MACT Suits After High Court's Remand Decision

July 1, 2015
Electric utilities have filed new lawsuits over key parts of EPA's maximum achievable control technology (MACT) air toxics rule for power plants just as the Supreme Court remanded the rule to a lower court for further review after faulting the agency for not considering costs when it decided to regulate utilities with a MACT. One industry source says the suits -- which challenge agency denials of petitions seeking reconsideration of various provisions in the rule -- are being filed amid...


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