Industry Welcomes Revised Boiler MACT As Environmentalists Cry Foul

The wood and paper industry is praising EPA’s just-finalized air toxics rule setting maximum achievable control technology (MACT) for large industrial and commercial boilers, saying the rule is “reasonable” and provides regulatory certainty after years of litigation -- but environmentalists are already calling the rule a “betrayal” and “reprehensible.” EPA Administrator Michael Regan signed the rule July 21, increasing the stringency of air toxics limits for dozens of boiler types, but relaxing standards for a few others, largely in line...