EPA Eyes Delaware Chlorine Plant As Model For Mercury Monitoring

EPA officials say a voluntary plan for monitoring mercury emissions at a Delaware chlorine manufacturing plant may be a model for a study on emissions of the neurotoxin, in response to litigation by environmentalists. EPA sources say they are looking to do similar monitoring at other facilities by the end of the year as part of a national study. Under the agreement completed earlier this month, Occidental Chemical Corporation will conduct real-time monitoring of "fugitive" mercury emissions, which are released...