EPA’s Changes to Air-Toxics Rule Fail to Sway U.S. Critics

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Utility companies criticizing a proposed new U.S. cap on power-plant pollutants say they aren’t swayed by the Obama administration’s decision to grant two of their requests for more flexibility in complying.

Representatives for the largest coal-fired power producers, Southern Co. and American Electric Power Co., said the administration is underestimating the costs of the plan, which was released by the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington yesterday.