Mercury News

May 2009: New landmark USGS study shows how methylmercury emissions from around the world, and in particular Asia, end up in the North Pacific, contaminating tuna and other seafood.

April 2009: EPA proposes to slash mercury emissions from cement kilns

March 2009: Current Status of CAMR and CAIR

• EPA will develop emissions standards for power plants under the Clean Air Act (Section 112), consistent with the D.C. Circuit’s opinion (PDF) (18pp, 51k, about PDF) on the Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR).

• Accordingly, on February 6, 2009, the Department of Justice, on behalf of EPA, asked the Supreme Court to dismiss EPA’s request (petition for certiorari) that the Court review the D.C. Circuit Court’s vacatur of the Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR).

• Current status of Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) programs and summary of court actions on CAIR - includes information on CAIR federal implementation plans (FIPs).

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