San Francisco Bay TMDL Could Boost Novel Mercury Trading Plan

A California plan laying out mercury cleanup goals for the San Francisco Bay could lay the groundwork for a novel mercury water quality trading scheme, the nation's first, if the state water quality board endorses a trading option it is considering at a planned Sept. 7 meeting, EPA and state sources say. While the options the board is considering do not detail how a trading scheme would operate, sources familiar with the effort say it would likely allow wastewater treatment...