- Board Sends to Second Notice a Proposal Concerning the Control of
Mercury Emissions from Coal-fired Electric Generating Units
The Illinois Pollution Control Board on November 2, 2006, adopted for second
notice a proposal to control mercury emissions from coal-fired electric generating
units (EGUs).
- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), on March
14, 2006, filed the proposal docketed as In the Matter of: Proposed New 35 Ill.
- The second notice proposal adopted by the Board includes a temporary
technology based standard (TTBS) and a multi-pollutant control system (MPS).
- The TTBS may be used to demonstrate compliance with the proposed standards if
the EGUs are equipped a...