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MERCURY STUDY REPORT TO CONGRESS - BOOK 1 OF 2
Citation:
U.S. EPA. MERCURY STUDY REPORT TO CONGRESS - BOOK 1 OF 2. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/P-94/002Aa.
Description:
Section 112(n)(1)(B) of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990, requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to submit a study on atmospheric mercury emissions to Congress. he sources of emissions studied include electric utility steam generating units, municipal waste combustion units, and other sources, to include area sources. his draft report includes sections on the following: an inventory of anthropogenic emissions in the United States, an assessment of exposure from anthropogenic emissions, health effects of mercury and mercury compounds, an ecological assessment for anthropogenic emissions, characterization of human health and wildlife risks from anthropogenic emissions, and an evaluation of mercury control technologies, costs, and regulatory issues. be draft report will be the subject of a peer review meeting in late January 1995.