More Mercury Links

National Atmospheric Deposition Program

• Mercury Deposition Network

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• EPA Mercury Home Page
• Controlling Power Plant Emissions: Overview
• Controlling Power Plant Emissions: Control Technologies
• Clean Air Mercury Rule
• National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants(MACT)
• Toxic Release Inventory

U.S. Department of Energy

• National Energy Technology Laboratory: Mercury Emissions Control
• Clean Coal Technology Compendium
• National Energy Technology Laboratory: Gasification Technologies
• 2006 Mercury Control Technology Conference

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Clean Air Act: Emerging Mercury Control Technologies have Shown Promising Results, but Data on Long-Term Performance Are Limited (GAO-05-612, May 2005).

Congressional Research Service

Mercury Emissions from Electric Power Plants: States Are Setting Stricter Limits 

Other States, Interstate Organizations, or Foreign Governments

• Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers Report on Mercury Projects (August 2003).
• Environment Canada Mercury and the Environment page.
• Environmental Council of States (ECOS) Quicksilver Caucus

• Florida Department of Environmental Protection 2003 Report and Summary of a study on mercury impacts on the Everglades.
• Florida DEP Air Resources Management mercury page.
• Maine Department of Environmental Protection mercury page.
• Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Evaluation of the Technological and Economic Feasibility of Controlling and Eliminating Mercury Emissions from the Combustion of Solid Fossil Fuel (December 2002)
• Mercury Emissions From Coal-Fired Power Plants: The Case for Regulatory Action (October 2003)

• Michigan Mercury Electric Utility Workgroup Releases Final Report  (June 2005).
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency mercury page.
• National Association of Clean Air Agencies State Mercury Control Programs

• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Mercury Task Force Report (January 2002), proposed emissions regulation (January 2004), and staff comparison of proposed and issued mercury emissions regulations for Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Wisconsin (April 2004).
• NESCAUM Economic Valuation of Human Health Benefits of Controlling Mercury Emissions from U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants (February 2005) report prepared by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis

• North Carolina Division of Air Quality: Clean Air Legislation page provides links to Mercury Emissions and Mercury Controls For Coal-fired Electrical Utility Boilers (September 1, 2003) and Clean Smokestacks Act Mercury Clean Smokestacks Act Second Interim Reports (September 2004).
• Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) Mercury Page
• Northeast Waste Management Officials Association (NEWMOA) Mercury Program
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources mercury page.

Private Sector and Non-Governmental Organizations

• Electric Power Research Institute Environment Press Room
• Environmental Expert - Methylmercury, Fish Consumption, and the Precautionary Principle article(April 2005)
• Institute of Clean Air Companies Mercury Control Technology Information
• Mercury Policy Project
• National Wildlife Federation Getting the Job Done report (October 2004)