Electricity , Industry Message to the EPA Administrator: Power Plant MACT Rules Must Meet Best In Breed Standard

The Clean Air Task Force criticizes the EPA's 'Boiler MACT' rule for weakening emission limits and failing to reflect best performers. The organization calls for the upcoming Power Plant Air Toxics Proposal to implement rigorous, state-of-the-art standards for utility steam generating units burning coal and oil, noting that the EPA and other bodies have sufficient data to regulate mercury, heavy metals, and acid gases.

• The Clean Air Task Force argues that the EPA's 'Boiler MACT' rule is insufficient because it weakened emission limits through the creation of new boiler sub-categories, manipulated emission floors to ignore best performers, and allowed some operators to avoid technology-based standards for carcinogenic pollutants in favor of 'tune-ups'.
• The author asserts that the EPA has all necessary information to regulate utility steam generating units burning coal and oil, citing agency reports from 1998, studies by the National Academy of Sciences, and General Accounting Office reports indicating that mercury reductions are achievable at bearable costs.
• The document claims that existing power plants emit substantial quantities of acid gases, heavy metals, and mercury, remaining unregulated despite congressional deadlines set over 20 years prior.

APA

Weeks, A. (2011). Electricity , Industry Message to the EPA Administrator: Power Plant MACT Rules Must Meet Best In Breed Standard. Clean Air Task Force. https://www.catf.us/2011/03/message-to-the-epa/

Chicago

Weeks, Ann. Electricity , Industry Message to the EPA Administrator: Power Plant MACT Rules Must Meet Best In Breed Standard. Clean Air Task Force, 2011. https://www.catf.us/2011/03/message-to-the-epa/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{weeks2011electricity, author = {Weeks, Ann}, title = {{Electricity , Industry Message to the EPA Administrator: Power Plant MACT Rules Must Meet Best In Breed Standard}}, publisher = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2011}, month = mar, url = {https://www.catf.us/2011/03/message-to-the-epa/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }