Policy Integrity Files Brief in Case Challenging EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

The Institute for Policy Integrity defends the EPA's 2016 supplemental finding on the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), asserting that the agency correctly considered regulatory costs and benefits, including indirect and unquantified benefits, in accordance with legal and economic standards.

• The EPA's Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) indicated that the annual monetized benefits of regulating power plant emissions could exceed the costs by a ratio of nine to one.
• The Institute for Policy Integrity contends that the EPA's inclusion of unquantified benefits and indirect benefits (also known as co-benefits or ancillary benefits) in its analysis aligns with federal cost-benefit guidelines, economic best practices, regulatory precedent, past court decisions, and the Clean Air Act.

APA

Institute for Policy Integrity (2017). Policy Integrity Files Brief in Case Challenging EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. https://policyintegrity.org/projects/update/epas-mats-brief

Chicago

Institute for Policy Integrity. Policy Integrity Files Brief in Case Challenging EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. 2017. https://policyintegrity.org/projects/update/epas-mats-brief.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{instituteforpolicyintegrity2017policy, author = {{Institute for Policy Integrity}}, title = {{Policy Integrity Files Brief in Case Challenging EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards}}, institution = {Institute for Policy Integrity}, year = {2017}, month = jan, url = {https://policyintegrity.org/projects/update/epas-mats-brief}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }