Murray Energy Continues Fight Against EPA's Emissions Rules
Source: Associated Press
Murray Energy Continues Fight Against EPA's Emissions Rules
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Apr 26, 2016, 4:14 PM ET
Coal producer Murray Energy Corp. is challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's final rule that targets mercury pollution from power plants.
St. Clairsville, Ohio-based Murray Energy filed a brief with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Monday, challenging the EPA's supplemental finding published earlier in the day.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that the EPA should have considered the costs and benefits before imposing limits on mercury and other air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired power plants. The high court let the rule stay in effect and sent it back to the federal appeals court in Washington to decide how a cost-benefits analysis should be conducted.
The EPA heard public comments and said it determined after considering costs that the regulation of emissions is appropriate and necessary, and that those power plants were properly included for regulation under the Clean Air Act.
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