District Court Order Could Bolster EPA In Pursuit Of Power Plant MACT

摘要

EPA's efforts to develop a strict maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standard to cut air toxics from power plants could get a boost from a recent district court order mandating the issuance of a MACT rather than other regulatory options, environmentalists say, though industry is downplaying the order's significance.rnThe U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in an April 15 order finalized a consent decree in American Nurses Association (ANA), et al. v. Lisa Jackson that sets a March 16,2011, deadline for EPA to propose the MACT and issue the final rule by Nov. 16, 2011. The approved decree explicitly says EPA must develop a MACT under section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act rather than other, potentially less stringent, regulatory options.