Two Arkansas coal-fired plants win exemptions for monitoring toxic air particles

Two Arkansas coal-fired plants win exemptions for monitoring toxic air particles

Entergy Arkansas' White Bluff power plant near Redfield is one of two generating stations in the state to be granted exemptions to a new air toxics emission standard. (Source: Entergy Arkansas)Two coal-fired power plants in Arkansas are exempt from revised air pollution rules under a Trump administration rollback of environmental standards adopted last year, leaving some former EPA officials and environment groups concerned about prolonged expos…

Analysis: Trump Exempts Coal-Fired Electric Generating Units from 2024 Air Toxics Standard

We blogged earlier this month about an invitation the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued to sources of hazardous air pollutants to apply for Presidential exemptions from certain National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (or NESHAPs for short).  By way of background, section 112(i)(4) of the Clean Air Act empowers the President to exempt a source from the requirements of a NESHAPs for up to two years if he determine…

The Trump administrations dangerous coal exemptions

Last week, the Trump administration granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-yearexemption from the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. The move allows them to emit increased levels of hazardous pollutants like mercury, arsenic, and lead.Mercury is a potent neurotoxin, particularly harmful to children and pregnant women, that causes developmental disorders and other severe health issues. The standards established to limit such emissions hav…