EPA Bolsters State Bill Blocking Pennsylvania Mercury Rule

An EPA official is slated to testify this week in favor of Pennsylvania legislation blocking the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) from adopting a landmark rule setting mercury emission control standards stricter than EPA's, which some environmentalists have said could also threaten EPA's controversial mercury trading program. Robert Wayland, an official in EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards (OAQPS), is scheduled to testify April 25 at a widely anticipated hearing in favor of Senate Bill 1202, which...