Deep dive what the supreme court mats ruling means for utilities and the epa clean power plan the mercury rules will likely survive legal experts say but the fate of the agency s looming carbon.
Epa mats rule supreme court.
In 2000 after years of study epa issued a scientific and legal determination that it was appropriate and necessary to control mercury emissions from power plants.
On february 6 2009 the department of justice on behalf of epa asked the supreme court to dismiss epa s request petition for certiorari that the court review the.
July 17 2020 epa finalized minor revisions to the electronic reporting requirements for mats.
The supreme court dealt a blow to the obama administration s landmark air quality rule on monday ruling the environmental protection agency did not properly consider the costs of the regulation.
The final rule also clarifies two mercury measurement quality assurance.
After the supreme court ordered the epa to take into account the rule s costs in 2015 the agency issued a 2016 supplemental finding that concluded the benefits far outweighed the costs by.
Epa issued mats under a consent decree of the d c.
March 29 2017 epa finalized portions of its proposal to streamline e reporting in mats.
Court of appeals requiring epa to issue a proposal by march 16 2011 and a final rule in december 16 2011.
The final rule allows power plants to submit certain emissions reports as pdfs until july 1 2018 while epa works to put a single e reporting system in place for mats.
Supreme court on monday released a ruling to reject the epa s mercury and air toxics standards mats a regulatory package aimed at reducing the emission of mercury and other harmful.
May 22 2020 epa published a final revised supplemental cost finding for mats and the clean air act required risk and technology review.
Supreme court overturned the epa s rules limiting mercury and other hazardous air pollutants known as mats.