Testimony on EPA's Coal Combustion Residuals Proposed Rule

Economists from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) critiqued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed rule on coal combustion residues, arguing that the accompanying Regulatory Impact Analysis is flawed and biased toward the coal industry.

• U.S. power plants generated 133 million tons of coal combustion residues in 2008, leading the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to seek regulation of their disposal.
• A review by SEI economists Frank Ackerman and Liz Stanton concluded that the EPA's Regulatory Impact Analysis is deeply flawed, incomplete, and skewed, specifically by overstating regulatory costs and understating benefits.
• The SEI review warns that the EPA's acceptance of claims made by the coal industry within the analysis could establish a dangerous precedent for future regulatory efforts in the United States.

APA

Ackerman, F., & Stanton, L. (2010). Testimony on EPA's Coal Combustion Residuals Proposed Rule. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/publications/testimony-epas-coal-combustion-residuals-proposed-rule/

Chicago

Ackerman, Frank, and Liz Stanton. Testimony on EPA's Coal Combustion Residuals Proposed Rule. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2010. https://www.sei.org/publications/testimony-epas-coal-combustion-residuals-proposed-rule/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{ackerman2010testimony, author = {Ackerman, Frank and Stanton, Liz}, title = {{Testimony on EPA's Coal Combustion Residuals Proposed Rule}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2010}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/testimony-epas-coal-combustion-residuals-proposed-rule/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }