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Mercury Model Rule

NACAA (formerly STAPPA and ALAPCO) developed a model rule entitled, Mercury from Power Plants: A Model Rule for States and Localities in response to concern that EPA's Clean Air Mercury Rule was inconsistent with the requirements of the Clean Air Act and would not result in adequate reductions in emissions of mercury from coal-fired power plants to protect public health. The NACAA model rule provides state and local governments with the tools needed to obtain reductions in mercury emissions necessary to meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act. Specifically, the model describes two options for state and local governments that wish to develop utility mercury rules that are more protective of public health and the environment than EPA's regulation and contains model rule language for both.

Related Documents

• Regulating Mercury from Power Plants: A Model Rule for States and Localities
  

• NACAA's press release announcing the model rule
  

• Institute of Clean Air Companies’ press release on the model rule
  

• One-page comparison of EPA's Mercury Rule and STAPPA/ALAPCO' s model rule
  

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