- Board Cancels Hearing Schedule for a Proposal Concerning the Control of Mercury
Emissions from Coal-Fired Electric Generating Units
On May 4, 2006, the Illinois Pollution Control Board, on its own motion, decided to
proceed with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s (IEPA) March 14, 2006
proposal for rulemaking to control mercury emissions from coal-fired electric generating
units (EGUs), pursuant to Section 27 of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415
ILCS 5/27 (2004)).
- The Board is proceeding under the authority of Section 27 of the Act
in response to a preliminary injunction entered by the Sangamon County Circuit Court on
May 1, 2006.
- The Board will re-first notice t...