Massachusetts AG Testified in Opposition to EPA’s Proposal to Undermine Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

MARCH 18, 2019

A representative of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey testified against the EPA’s proposal to reconsider the appropriateness of its Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which regulate emissions of mercury and other harmful airborne pollutants from fossil fuel-fired power plants, at a public hearing in Washington D.C. The testimony warned that the proposal “disregards the purpose of the Clean Air Act, fundamental economic principles, and the direction of the U.S. Supreme Court,” and emphasized that the existing MATS rule “has had no adverse impacts on ratepayers or electric system reliability.”