EPA, DOE, Treasury Work On Financing To Help Facilities Meet Boiler Rule

摘要

EPA is in talks with the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Treasury to find ways to help facilities pay for the cost of installing emission controls on hundreds of thousands of boilers covered by the agency's pending air toxics rule for the units, an apparent nod to industry, lawmakers and others who have decried the high cost of the rule. The proposed maximum achievable control technology standard (MACT) for boilers is causing "angst" in part because it will impose requirements on such a wide a swath of facilities, EPA air chief Regina McCarthy told the agency's Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) at a Nov. 17 meeting in Washington, DC. "It's not just about industries - it's churches, hospitals, nursing homes, large apartment buildings. You name it, we have ticked them off," McCarthy said.