Examples of Clean Air Mercury Rule in a sentence
Bush administration decided to remove power plants from coverage under Section 112 and instead regulate their mercury emissions under Section 111(d), in its Clean Air Mercury Rule.
EPA previously explained its approach in the Clean Air Mercury Rule as follows:On March 15, 2005, the EPA issued a rule to control mercury (Hg) emissions from new and existing fossil fuel-fired power plants under CAA section 111(b) and (d).
The IPM model was a key analytical tool used by EPA in developing CAIR and the Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR).
Bush, EPA established a cap- and-trade system for control of mercury emissions under Section 111(d) (the Clean Air Mercury Rule) that did not require “physical or operational change to a building, structure, facility or installation at” each regulated source, but instead established statewide emissions budgets for mercury.
In briefingsupporting EPA’s Clean Air Mercury Rule, several of the Petitioners in this case6 acknowledged the benefits of flexible compliance mechanisms and advocated for the use of Section 111(d) over Section 112, arguing,A cap-and-trade program [under section 111(d)] also benefits State citizens by allowing market forces to govern the choice and timing of emission controls.
EPA proposes to delete the term “allowance system” from 40 C.F.R.§ 60.21(f).86 Although EPA correctly notes the “allowance system” language was added to the regulations as part of the now-vacated Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR), 83 Fed.
For the Clean Air Mercury Rule, the House Amendment— any air pollutant “emitted from a source category which is regulated under section 7412,” Pub.
U.S. Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR)Two Clean Air Rules have the potential to impact capacity margins in the U.S. It is vital to understand potential plant retirements, ancillary demands of retrofit equipment and impact on bulk power transmission to fully understand the potential reliability impacts.
These parties further extolled the benefits of Section 111(d)’s flexible compliance mechanisms:[The] State[s] also favor [the Clean Air Mercury Rule] because it provides States broad discretion in deciding how to allocate mercury allowances among EGUs [electricity generating units].
In March 2005, EPA issued its final Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) for coal-based power plants.