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Utility Mercury Reductions Rule
This rule would cut emissions of mercury from electric utilities.

Interstate Air Quality Rule
This related rule would cut emissions of SO2 and NOx and is an important component of EPA's efforts to implement the new national fine particle and 8-hour ozone.

Municipal Waste Combustor Rules
These web pages provide information about EPA's air emission regulations for municipal waste combustors (MWC's)

• Large Units
• Small Units

Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators
This web page provides information about EPA's air emission regulations for hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators (HMIWI).

Utility Air Toxics Determination

Utility Air Toxics Study Report to Congress

• Executive Summary (In Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
• Volume 1 (In Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
• Volume 2 (In Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
  

Mercury Study Report to Congress - Overview (In Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
This 1998 Report to Congress determined that coal-fired power plants are the largest source of mercury air emissions in the U.S.

Emissions Data by Plant (In Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
This spreadsheet shows plant-by-plant mercury emissions, organized by state.

State Mercury Emission Estimates (In Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
This spreadsheet shows emissions of mercury by state based upon plant reported fuel use and mercury tests.

Background Documents for Utility Air Toxics Determination
This web site contains all of the technical documents used in determining whether to regulate mercury and other air toxics emitted from coal- and oil-fired power plants.

Voluntary Agreement with American Hospital Association
Fact sheet about agreement to reduce hospital wastes - including virtually eliminating mercury waste generated by hospitals by 2005.

Binational Toxics Strategy
Web site with information about US - Canada strategy with goal of virtual elimination of persistent toxic substances - including mercury - in the Great Lakes basin.

Partners for Change Mercury Challenge
Web site about New England medical facilities program. Facilities commit to meeting their own specified reduction goals and agree to make a good faith voluntary effort to identify and implement prevention measures.