Mats Rule 2011

In 2011 citing its authority under the clean air act the u s.

Mats rule 2011. Court of appeals requiring epa to issue a proposal by march 16 2011 and a final rule in december 16 2011. Final rule extends e reporting march 29 2017 epa finalized portions of its proposal to streamline e reporting in mats. Judicial review and administrative reconsideration under caa section 307 b 1 judicial review of this final action is available only by filing a petition for review in the united states court of appeals for the district of. Signed by epa administrator lisa jackson in december 2011 the mercury and air toxics standards required coal and oil fired power plants to reduce their emissions of mercury and a range of heavy metals and acid gases.

On december 16 2011 u s. The final rule allows power plants to submit certain emissions reports as pdfs until july 1 2018 while epa works to put a single e reporting system in place for mats. The mercury and air toxic standards mats rule sets national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants for power plants. In 2000 after years of study epa issued a scientific and legal determination that it was appropriate and necessary to control mercury emissions from power plants.

Epa issued a highly anticipated final rule regulating air toxic and mercury emissions from coal and oil fired electric generating units egus. Mercury and air toxics standards mats target mercury and other hazardous pollutants from over 580 coal and oil fired power plants nationwide. Environmental protection agency epa issued a rule commonly known as the mats rule limiting the amount of mercury and other toxic air pollutants emitted by power plants. In 2019 three years after power plants began complying with mats considerably more information is available to understand the impacts of the mats regulation than was available in 2011.

The costs and benefits associated with mats are discussed in detail in the february 16 2012 final mats rule.