Utilities Eye State Policies To Replace MATS But 'Co-Benefits' Fight Looms

September 24, 2018
A power sector attorney is suggesting EPA use its imminent reconsideration of the Obama-era utility air toxics rule to replace it with state-led programs for curbing power plant emissions using air trading or other more-flexible controls, but that could trigger a fight over whether the programs will have a “co-benefit” of reducing other air pollution. EPA as early as this week could formally launch the reconsideration process, sources say, which the agency has said will include assessing the validity of...


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