EPA Announces National Limits to Reduce Toxic Pollutants Discharged into Waterways by Steam Electric Power Plants

<> EPA Announces National Limits to Reduce Toxic Pollutants Discharged into Waterways by Steam Electric Power Plants - U.S. EPA finalized a rule that will reduce the discharge of toxic pollutants (e.g. mercury, arsenic, lead, and selenium) into America's waterways from steam electric power plants by 1.4 billion pounds annually, as well as reduce water withdrawal by 57 billion gallons per year, resulting in an estimated benefit of $463 million per year to Americans across the country -- effective 60 days after publication in the Federal Register Steam Electric Power Generating Effluent Guidelines - 2015 Final Rule Environmentalists Praise Long-Overdue EPA Regulations on Toxic Wastewater from Coal-Fired Power Plants New EPA Rule Brings Power Plant Water Toxic Standards into the 21st Century