The US Supreme Court has granted a petition for certiorari in a case challenging USEPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which set new emissions standards for new and existing coal- and oil-fired power plants. As reported here in April, the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the standards after they were challenged by … Continue Reading
US EPA has its work cut out for it as the Agency begins to review over 10,000 comments submitted concerning its proposed 2013 Clean Air Act New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for new power plants through the close of the comment period on May 9, 2014. US EPA’s work begins just as it plans to release its proposed … Continue Reading
On April 15, 2014, in White Stallion Energy Center v. EPA, the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) promulgated by US EPA on February 16, 2012, which sets new emissions standards for new and existing coal- and oil-fired power plants. EPA estimates that 1,400 power plants will be affected by the … Continue Reading
