EPA TO DROP VOLUNTARY MERCURY SWITCH PLAN IN FAVOR OF AIR ACT RULE

June 6, 2005
EPA is dropping plans to develop a voluntary mercury switch removal program given opposition from the auto industry, and will rely exclusively on a Clean Air Act rule to target mercury emissions from the electric arc steel furnaces that smelt scrap auto steel containing the switches, according to agency sources. The electric arc steel mill rule will likely force the steel smelting industry to pay for mercury switch removal before smelting, which may in turn spark efforts to convince state...


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