Industry Warns EPA Data Prove Coal Boilers Cannot Meet Revised MACT

A key industry group says data prepared for EPA by a consulting firm show the vast majority of coal-fired industrial boilers will be unable to meet the agency's imminent revised boiler air toxics rule, the latest indication of industry's 11th-hour push for EPA to soften the rule's emissions limits and increase compliance flexibility. EPA is revising its boiler maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standard in response to industry fears that the original rule released in March 2011 was unachievable and...