Utility MACT Could Trump Emissions Trading In EPA CAIR Replacement

February 24, 2010
EPA's upcoming proposal to replace its remanded clean air interstate rule (CAIR) may allow limited trading of utility emissions credits, but a separate pending maximum achievable control technology (MACT) rule for utility air toxics may trump the CAIR replacement by requiring controls that are so stringent they make trading moot, sources say. The MACT could set strict controls on pollution to cut air toxics emissions that would have a co-benefit of cutting sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions so much that it...


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