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PA EPA PLANS TO MEASURE AND REPORT MERCURY EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
Release Date: 04/03/98
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FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1998
EPA PLANS TO MEASURE AND REPORT MERCURY
EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
EPA today announced that it is proposing to require that all coal-fired electric generating plants measure and report mercury emissions. In February, EPA issued a report to Congress evaluating toxic air emissions from power plants. The study concluded that utilities are the major remaining source of mercury emissions into the air, with one third of all U.S. emissions coming from coal-fired plants (virtually no mercury is emitted from any other type of power plant). The report also called for monitoring of power plants to better ascertain the quantity and nature of mercury emissions; today’s action responds to that need. EPA would begin collecting the emissions data after a sixty-day public comment period and approval by OMB. This data will then be available to the public. Today’s proposal will appear soon in the Federal Register, but is accessible immediately at website: https://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t3pfpr.html. For further technical information, contact Mr. William Maxwell of EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards at 919-541-5430 or e-mail at: maxwell.bill@epa.gov.
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