Bloomberg Law
Aug. 29, 2018, 6:49 PM UTCUpdated: Aug. 29, 2018, 9:07 PM UTC

Trump Eyes Changes to Another Coal Plant Emissions Rule (1)

Amena H. Saiyid
Amena H. Saiyid
Reporter

The EPA will reconsider its rationale for setting limits on toxic power plant air pollution with an eye toward revising those emissions limits, the agency told Bloomberg Environment Aug. 29.

In the coming weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency said it will ask the White House Office of Management and Budget to review a draft proposal that questions whether it was “appropriate and necessary” to set standards in 2012 for mercury and other toxic air pollution emitted by existing power plants. It also will consider the “standards set by the rule itself,” EPA spokeswoman Molly Block said in an ...

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