Mercury
2006 - 2008
Updated August 2008
2008 Documents
State board approves tighter mercury limits: Manitowoc Herald Times,
June 26, 2008. Businesses say utilities will have to spend tens of
millions of dollars to comply, driving up electric bills.
Wisconsin board OKs 90% cut in mercury emissions; fishing may benefit:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 25, 2008. Utilities would be forced
to install new pollution controls that are estimated to cost $38 million
to $221 million a year for mercury and other pollutants.
Status of Suit to Compel DNR Compliance with Jobs Creation Act: The
Hamilton Consulting Group, June 2008. Dane County Court Punts Rather
than Resolves Critical Legal Issues.
Suit to Compel DNR Compliance with Key Rulemaking Procedures: DeWitt,
Ross and Stevens Press Release, Apr. 28, 2008.
Aggregate Producers of Wisconsin, Inc., et. al. v. Wisconsin Department
of Environmental Resources: Petition for Writ of Mandamus, Apr. 28,
2008.
Affidavit in Support of Petition: Apr. 28, 2008.
WMC Economic Impact Report Petition, Wisconsin Manufacturers and
Commerce, Mar. 7, 2008.
Sec. Morgan's
Denial of Economic Impact Petition, Wisconsin Dept. of
Administration, Mar. 20, 2008.
News Articles/Press Releases
Business
Groups Take Stand to Defend Job Creation Act Regulatory Reform: WMC
Insight, May 16, 2008. The DNR’s failure to follow statutory rulemaking
procedure has significant consequences: it resulted in the denial of a
key economic impact analysis of the rule requested by WMC.
Lawsuit seeks data on mercury rules' impact: Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel, Apr.30, 2008. Regulations that would limit mercury emissions
from coal-burning power plants have not yet been advanced by the
Department of Natural Resources, but they're already the subject of a
lawsuit.
Business groups sue DNR over pollution rules: The Cap Times, Apr.
29, 2008. The lawsuit is not challenging the merit or substance of the
proposed rule, the organizations said in a news release. Instead, they
are asking the DNR to comply with public notice requirements of the Job
Creation Act of 2004.
EPA: Ruling will hinder coal plans: Des Moines Register, Feb. 29,
2008. If the tougher limits go back into effect, plants could spend more
on scrubbers and baghouses, potentially affecting electricity prices.
Mercury ruling is victory for Wisconsin (opinion): Sheboygan Press,
Feb. 14, 2008. Federal appeals court ruled against the EPA's way of
handling emissions standards.
State wins
ruling on mercury reduction: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 8,
2008. Go-ahead for tougher rules targets coal-fired power plants.
DNR
opens door for strong mercury rule:
Wisconsin Environment, Mar. 28, 2007. The Natural Resources Board today
authorized for public comment a range of options for proposed changes to
the state’s mercury rule.
Related Documents
Comments: AM-32-05: Revisions to
Chapter NR 446 relating to the Federal Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) and
Additional Wisconsin Provisions: Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, June
11, 2007.
WMC Comments References:
Evaluation of the Compliance Implications to Wisconsin Electric
Generators of Meeting the Wisconsin Proposed Mercury: Prepared
for Center for Energy and Economic Development, June 2007.
Wisconsin Utilities’ Response to Citizens’ Mercury Petition:
June 11, 2007.
Fate and Transport of Mercury in the Environment: Mercury
Study Report to Congress, Volume III), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Washington, D.C., 1997.
Chapter 8, Regulatory Impact Analysis of the Clean Air Mercury
Report: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington,
D.C., 2005.
Modeling Deposition of Atmospheric Mercury in Wisconsin to the
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI): (Report
CP136-02-1), Palo Alto, CA, 2002.
Revision of December 2000 Regulatory Finding on the Emissions of
Hazardous Air Pollutants From Electric Utility Steam Generating
Units and the Removal of Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam
Generating Units From the Section 112(c) List; Final Rule: 70 FR
15993, March 29, 2005.
Source Attribution of
Atmospheric Mercury: Plenary Session, Mon., Aug. 7, 2006
Health Risks and
Toxicological Effects of Methylmercury: Plenary Session, Tue., Aug. 8
2006
Recovery of
Mercury-Contaminated Fisheries: Plenary Session, Wed., Aug. 9, 2006
Socioeconomic
Consequences of Mercury Pollution: Plenary Session, Thur., Aug. 10, 2006
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