EPA PROPOSES REVISIONS TO STEAM ELECTRIC POWER PLANT EFFLUENT GUIDELINES

EPA PROPOSES REVISIONS TO STEAM ELECTRIC POWER PLANT EFFLUENT GUIDELINES
Revisions proposed on Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to technology-based effluent limitations guidelines and standards could set the first federal limits on the levels of toxic metals in wastewater discharges from steam electric power plants. The proposed rule would help reduce pollutants in U.S. waterways from coal ash, air pollution control waste, and other power plant waste, but they could come at a cost of between $185.2 million and nearly $1 billion a year, the agency said. Read More »http://www.powermag.com/news/5560.html?hq_e=el&hq_m=2660664&hq_l=5&hq_v=30108e0773