Universal Continuing Decision Process For: United States *
| Preliminary EPA Report on Steam Electric Power Generating Industry from November 2006. Final report with a link in this analysis section is from August 2008. |
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| Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator, in September 2009 said 2012 was too late to promulgate new limits on toxics in power plant discharges. EPA has completed a multi-year study of the Steam Electric Power Generating industry, and based on the results, has determined that revising the current effluent guidelines for the industry is warranted. EPA’s decision to revise the current effluent guidelines is largely driven by the high level of toxic-weighted pollutant discharges from coal fired power plants and the expectation that these discharges will increase significantly in the next few years as new air pollution controls are installed. Over the course of the study EPA has identified technologies that are available to significantly reduce these loads. Preliminary information about EPA’s multi-year study can be found in the November 2008 interim report. |
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