December 21, 2011 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced standards to limit mercury, acid gases and other toxic pollution from power plants. The rule and the fact sheets can be found here.
Related web sites:
- IPM Analysis of the Proposed Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS)
- Enforcement Response Policy for CAA 113
- Additional Technical Information - Clean Air Act Standards and Guidelines for Electric Utilities
Technical documentation:
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Final Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (PDF)(510 pp, 9 MB, December 2011, EPA-452/R-11-011)
- Revised Technical Support Document: National-Scale Assessment of Mercury Risk to Populations with High Consumption of Self-caught Freshwater Fish In Support of the Appropriate and Necessary Finding for Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Generating Units (PDF)(196 pp, 4 MB, December 2011)
- Memorandum: Emissions Overview: Hazardous Air Pollutants in Support of the Final Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (PDF)(19 pp, 323 K, November 2011, EPA-454/R-11-014)
- Example Initial Notification of Applicability National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (PDF)(6 pp, 26 K)