Pod Technologies: Update: 02/2008
Clean Air Mercury Rule Tossed Out by Court
On February 08, 2008 the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that US EPA must rewrite the Clean Air Mercury Rule. The court ruled that US EPA violated the Clean Air Act in 2005 when it exempted coal-fired power plants from emission controls and adopted a market-based approach to regulate mercury emissions. It could be years before US EPA can enact new rules on mercury. In the meantime, regulating mercury emissions will likely be left to states, which in many cases have set their own limits for power plants.
State of New Jersey, et al., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, Respondent and Utility Air Regulatory Group, et al., Intervenors. US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 02/08/2008- EPA must rewrite utility mercury rule: U.S. court. Reuters, 02/08/2008
- Court tosses Bush program on utility mercury emissions. Power News, 02/20/2008
- Court restores stiffer coal plant mercury control rules. Power News, 03/26/2008
- Ruling on Mercury Emissions Is Appealed. The Associated Press, 03/26/2008
2/10/2008
AQMD Ammends Stationary IC Engine Rule
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) ammended Rule 1110.2—Emissions from Gaseous- and Liquid-Fueled Internal Combustion Engines. The amendments were developed to:
- Improve the compliance record of engines with better monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting;
- Achieve further emission reduction based on the cleanest available technologies; and
- Address recommended source testing, inspection, and monitoring plan changes to the rule by US EPA.
Rule 1110.2 Emissions from Gaseous - and Liquid-Fueled Internal Combustion Engines (pdf, 34 pp., 131kB)
2/09/2008
