Environmental protection agency epa has proposed mercury and air toxics standards mats for power plants to limit mercury acid gases and other toxic pollution from power plants.
Epa mats benefits.
May 22 2020 epa published a final revised supplemental cost finding for mats and the clean air act required risk and technology review.
After primarily considering compliance costs relative to the hap benefits of mats epa is concluding.
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The epa in its own findings behind the mats rule has estimated that mats protections would prevent up to 11 000 premature deaths and more than 130 000 asthma and heart attacks each year the.
On may 22 2020 epa published in the federal register a reconsideration of the appropriate and necessary finding for the mercury and air toxics standards correcting flaws in the 2016 supplemental cost finding while ensuring that power plants will emit no more mercury to the air than before.