AIR RULES PROMPT EPA TO CONSIDER NEW WATER MANDATES FOR MERCURY

EPA may require several industry sectors to implement technology-based controls under the agency's effluent limitation guidelines (ELG) program to curb mercury discharges into waterbodies, in part because recent agency rules to reduce mercury emissions from power plants may cause more of the toxin to reach waters, according to internal EPA briefing documents obtained by Inside EPA . EPA is required under the Clean Water Act to review and potentially revise every two years the existing ELGs for industrial dischargers, as...