Industry Wins Delay of Costly Clean-Air Rules on Boilers
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In one of the costliest rules in its history, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency established the first nationwide caps on mercury and other pollutants from industrial boilers while bowing to industry demands to give companies more time to comply.
The boiler rule was among a handful of final regulations issued by the agency today. Taken together, the rules will cost companies more than $2 billion annually to comply, a burden industry groups say is unwelcome given the slow pace of the economic recovery.