High Court Ruling on MATS Important Despite Mid-April Compliance Deadline

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The U.S. Supreme Court's review of the Environmental Protection Agency's mercury and air toxics standards is still significant for power plants, even though the deadline for compliance with the standards is in three weeks, an attorney who represents the power industry said. William L. Wehrum, head of the Administrative Law Group and chairman of the Environmental Team at Hunton & Williams LLP, said March 26 that discussion on whether the EPA unreasonably refused to consider the costs of regulating when it decided it was "appropriate and necessary" to regulate power plant emissions remains important, despite the quickly approaching April 16 compliance date.