- Board Sends Amendments to Illinois’ Mercury Rule To Final Notice
The Illinois Pollution Control Board, on June 4, 2009, adopted for final notice a
rulemaking proposal to amend Part 225 of the Board’s air pollution regulations.
- Adm.
- Code 225: Control
of Emissions from Large Combustion Sources (Mercury Monitoring) (R09-10).
- Generally, the amendments recreate certain monitoring provisions of the federal Clean
Air Mercury Rule (CAMR), which was recently vacated by a federal court.
- The Board found Ameren’s
proposed language to be economically reasonable and technically feasible, noting that it
projects an environmental benefit by reducing total emissions and that it is not opposed
b...