Biomass Power Association says proposed EPA rule will cost $7 billion.

In Maine, the Biomass Power Association said that the EPA’s proposed boiler maximum achievable control technology, or MACT, rule would be prohibitively expensive to biomass installations and would halt new investments in biomass power.

The EPA’s proposed rule would set emissions control standards for dioxin, mercury and other emissions from utility boilers. The agency is currently collecting emissions data to support the rule.

Implementation of the new rule could cost $7 billion to the forest products industry while across all sectors costs would reach up $50 billion. The BPA says it has made health-based rule suggestions that are achievable through existing technology.

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