Sixteen AGs Sent Comments on EPA’s Residual Risk and Technology Review under MATS Rule

Massachusetts AG Andrea Joy Campbell and Minnesota AG Keith Ellison led a coalition of 16 attorneys general in sending comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to strengthen limits on hazardous air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired power plants under the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule. The AGs supported EPA’s proposal to place stricter limits on mercury from lignite coal-burning units and non-mercury metals from all coal-fired units, but urged EPA to consider stricter limits on mercury emissions from nonlignite coal-fired units as well stricter hydrogen chloride (HCl) limits for acid gases.

• Documents: Comments
• Document Type: Comment Letters
• States: Connecticut Illinois Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont Washington Wisconsin
• Agencies: Environmental Protection Agency
• Issues: Clean Air & Climate Clean Air Act Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Public Health
• Era: Biden Administration
• Action Type: Rulemaking & Other Federal Administrative Proceedings