Developing a Low-Cost MATS Rule Compliance Strategy

摘要

On March 16, 2011, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule that included standards for the Utility Maximum Achiev- standards for coal-and oil-fired electric generating units (EGUs). NIPSCO engaged Sargent & Lundy, L.L.C. (S&L) to assist in assessing the implications of the proposed MACT Rule regulations on the coal-fired EGUs within NIPSCO's fleet. On February 16, 2012, the EPA published in the Federal Register the final Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS Rule), which effectively replaced the proposed MACT Rule regulations.