ICAC: Mercury co-benefits will be plentiful

摘要

Mercury allowance prices in a US utility trading program are likely to be low as a result of the installation of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide pollution control equipment, according to David Foerter, executive director of the Institute of Clean Air Companies. More allowances than EPA expects will be available for sale as a result of the mercury reductions achieved as a co-benefit of controls put on to comply with EPA's Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) for SO2 and NO_x, he said. EPA estimates that mercury emissions from power plants can be reduced by 20 pct to 38 tons through CAIR co-benefits and will distribute allowances accordingly for the first phase of its mercury rule from 2010.