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Ed Whitfield: “Sure, there were benefits from Utility MACT or mercury and air toxic standards, but the primary benefit was not mercury…”

On the recordJune 28, 2012
Sure, there were benefits from Utility MACT or mercury and air toxic standards, but the primary benefit was not mercury reductions.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky
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Editor's note · Context

Whitfield asserts that the main benefits of regulations were misrepresented.

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