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EPA DETERMINATION STUDIES ON THE CONTROL OF TOXIC AIR POLLUTION EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRIC UTILITY BOILERS
Citation:
Kilgroe*, J D. AND R K. Srivastava*. EPA DETERMINATION STUDIES ON THE CONTROL OF TOXIC AIR POLLUTION EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRIC UTILITY BOILERS. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, (2001).
Description:
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to determine whether the regulation of hazardous air pollution (HAP) emissions from electric utility generating plants is necessary. This determination is to be made on or before December 15, 2000. It focuses primarily on the need to control mercury emissions for coal-fired power plants.
The EPA Office of Research and Development's National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL), at Research Triangle Park, NC, is conducting research to develop and evaluate mercury and multipollutant emission control technologies for stationary combustion sources. A primary objective of this research is to support EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) in the development of mercury emission control technologies for coal- fired utility boilers.
This article summarizes studies that were conducted by NRMRL and OAQPS to support EPA's decision on the need to regulate toxic air pollution emissions from electric utility boilers. The studies included: the evaluation of data collected to characterize the emissions of mercury from coal-fired electric utility generating units in 1999; performance and cost estimates of technologies that can be used to control mercury emissions from existing plants; and an assessment of information on the stability of mercury contained in the coal combustion by-products from coal-fired power plants.