EPA Likely To Reconsider Utility MATS 'Appropriate & Necessary' Finding

Correction Appended EPA is expected to formally reconsider the Obama-era determination that its utility air toxics rule was “appropriate and necessary” under the Clean Air Act, a Senate source says, despite bipartisan calls from senators and utilities to retain the finding because of the millions of dollars that utilities have already spent to comply with the rule. Scrapping the finding would remove the legal underpinning for the utility mercury and air toxics standards (MATS), although it is...