EPA EYES ENFORCEMENT PLAN FOR NEVADA MINES' VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS PACT

EPA, Nevada and the mining industry are poised to include an enforcement mechanism in a novel voluntary program intended to reduce mercury emissions from Nevada's gold mines -- a significant source of U.S. mercury emissions -- after activists threatened suit over concerns that the program may be inadequate, sources say. One EPA source says state regulators may include the program's emissions goals in facilities' clean air permits, which would provide citizens and regulators the option of suing for permit violations...