Epa Mats Benefits

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.

Epa mats benefits.

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. 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. After taking account of both the cost to coal and oil fired power plants of complying with the mats rule costs that range from 7 4 to 9 6 billion annually and the benefits attributable to regulating hazardous air pollutant hap emissions from these power plants quantifiable benefits that range from 4 to 6 million annually as epa was. This page is about effects on health of americans.

July 17 2020 epa finalized minor revisions to the electronic reporting requirements for mats.