Epa power plant rule

• WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing part of a controversial rule that sets the first federal standards to reduce toxic air pollution from power plants.
(Huffington Post)
• WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing part of a controversial rule that sets the first federal standards to reduce toxic air pollution from power plants. The rule was issued in December.
(Cleveland Plain Dealer)
• One streamlining option included in EPAs final rule will allow industrial facilities to obtain site-specific permits for their plant-wide greenhouse gas emissions rather than for specific emissions points.
(power-eng.com)
• The EPAs proposed regulations on mercury from coal-fired power plants the clock on a (coal-plant) shutdown wave that will only be slightly sooner than the shutdown wave of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule, he said.
(Huffington Post)
• The proposed expansion of the Holcomb coal-fired power plant still faces some high hurdles "But the other EPA regulation – the (Mercury and Air Toxics Standards) rule – is effective immediately. And we're being told that's not achievable.
(Wichita Eagle)
• The typical U.S. natural gas-fired power plant emits 800 pounds to 850 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, which meets the standard. For any new coal plant, the EPA rule sets a time frame for achieving compliance with this new standard.
(Santa Monica Daily Press)
• The 1,800-megawatt plant is New Mexicos single largest source of electricity, and it also provides power to customers in California in national parks and wilderness areas.
(San Jose Mercury News)
• The EPA is aware of 15 such transitional sources. The most controversial aspect of the proposed rule is that it establishes the emissions has not been installed on a commercial basis on any power plant.
(Mondaq)
• Orrvilles power plant serves generators of 25 MW or less and small governments were a small subset of those being regulated by the Boiler MACT rule, and EPA was not focused on the burdens on small entities.
(Electric Light & Power)