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On the recordApril 1, 2014
Just one rule impacting coal-fired power plants, the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, has been estimated by the agency to cost $9.6 billion annually.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield highlights the high costs associated with EPA regulations on coal power plants.

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