Revocation of the 2020 Reconsideration, and Affirmation of the Appropriate and Necessary Supplemental Finding for Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units
Posted by [email protected] on Feb. 26, 2023
EPA is reaffirming the scientific, economic, and legal underpinnings of the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for power plants, which required significant reductions of mercury, acid gases, and other harmful pollutants. The final rule, which responds to President Biden’s January 20, 2021, Executive Order 13990, “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis,” reverses a rule issued by the previous administration in May 2020, which undermined the legal basis for these vital health protections.
EPA is also working to propose a review the MATS Risk and Technology Review (RTR), as directed by President Biden, to determine whether more stringent protections for hazardous air pollution from power plants are feasible and warranted. The MATS RTR proposal was sent to OMB for interagency review on February 6, 2023. More information: https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/mercury-and-air-toxics-standards
