November 2, 2006 - 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. Adm. Code 225 Control of Emissions from Large Combustion Sources (Mercury) to satisfy the State’s obligation to submit a state implementation plan to address the requirements of Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) and Section 9.10 of the Act. The rules would require Illinois coal-fired EGUs to reduce mercury emissions by an average of 90 percent by July 2009.
Board Sends to Second Notice a Proposal Concerning the Control of
Mercury Emissions from Coal-fired Electric Generating UnitsThe Illinois Pollution Control Board on November 2, 2006, adopted for secondnotice a proposal to control mercury emissions from coal-fired electric generatingunits (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...
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