Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy
Stakeholder Forum - November 16,
1998
Mercury Workgroup
Meeting and Workshop on Potential Mercury Reductions at Electric
Utilities
November 16 and 17, 1998
DAY 1: USEPA - Region 5 Offices - 77 W. Jackson Blvd (3rd Floor) -
Chicago, Illinois
DAY 2: Chicago Hilton and Towers - 720 South Michigan (Marquette Room) -
Chicago, Illinois
The Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Binational Toxics
Strategy (BTS) Mercury Workgroup will be holding meetings on November 16 and 17, 1998 in
Chicago. November 16 will be a general meeting, which will include progress reports on
actions taken to implement the BTS challenges to reduce mercury use and release. Reports
on actions taken by the chlor-alkali, medical, and steel industries will be included. This
meeting will be held at the U.S. EPA Region 5 Offices, 3rd floor, 77 W. Jackson.
November 17 will be a workshop on near-term actions that electric utilities can take to
reduce mercury, focusing on multi-pollutant reduction strategies such as energy
conservation and fuel switching, and on ways to encourage mercury reduction from this
sector, such as green marketing. This meeting will be held at the Chicago Hilton and
Towers, Marquette Room, 720 South Michigan Avenue.
Please note that the Commission for
Environmental Cooperation (CEC) and the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use
Management (NESCAUM) are also holding a one day mercury workshop on November 17 in
Washington, D.C. While both the BTS and the CEC / NESCAUM workshops deal with mercury and
utilities, they focus on very different aspects of this issue. In order to assist you in
making your decision about which workshop to attend, the following descriptions are
provided.
The CEC / NESCAUM workshop will focus on technologies and strategies for controlling
mercury emissions from combustion sources, with special emphasis on innovative and
emerging technologies for large coal-fired boilers. The BTS Chicago workshop will include
some discussion of this issue, but will focus on pollution prevention and incentives for
mercury reduction, as well as the impact on mercury emissions from the restructuring of
the electric utility industry. The organizers of workshops will be sharing
information so that all of the groups (BTS /CEC / NESCAUM) can benefit from the results of
both workshops.
The CEC / NESCAUM workshop in Washington, DC is focused on the implemmentation of
innovative and emerging mercury control technologies for large coal-fired boilers.
Information developed from thtis workshop is expected to have near-term and, more
importantly, long-term applicability to the mercury action plan of the New England
Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers and to the Phase 2 North American Regional Action
Plan (NARAP) for mercury. The Phase 2 NARAP for mercury is currently under development by
the Mercury Task Force of the CEC's Sound Management of Chemicals (SMOC) Workgroup. The
information from this workshop is also anticipated to be of assistance to USEPA in their
ongoing consideration of additional mercury reduction measures. Special attention will be
given to the cost-effectiveness of each technology.
If the participation forms indicate the need, French and/or Spanish interpretation will
be available. For information concerning the Washington workshop, please contact Dr.
Praveen Amar, Director, Science and Policy, NESCAUM at 617 367 8540 (e-mail
pamar@nescaum.org).
The Chicago workshop will include an overview of utility mercury reduction options
developed under MinnesotaÆs Mercury Contamination Reduction Initiative, and presentations
on the state of emissions control technology and the potential effects of restructuring,
deregulation and other market forces on mercury emissions. In addition, there will be a
presentation on the ways that utilities can reduce the use of mercury-containing
equipment. In the afternoon, presentations and panel discussions will focus on pollution
prevention opportunities (including energy conservation, fuel switching and elimination of
mercury-containing equipment) and incentives for reducing emissions from electric power
generation (including "green" marketing and early reduction credits). The
purpose of this workshop is to identify practical options that electric utilities can
begin to implement as a means of reducing mercury, in order to protect the Great Lakes and
meet the Canadian and U.S. mercury reduction challenges of the Binational Toxics Strategy.
This workshop will be conducted in English only. For further details on the agenda for the
Chicago workshop, please contact either Mr. Alexis Cain (312) 886-7018
[cain.alexis@epa.gov], or Mr. Robert Krauel (416) 739-5861 [robert.krauel@ec.gc.ca].
The November 16 BTS meeting will be held 8:30 to 5:00 pm in the 3rd floor conference
area at EPA Region V Headquarters, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL. The morning session
will be a plenary with other BTS workgroups on implementation of the overall BTS. The
afternoon will be devoted to breakout sessions of the substance-specific workgroups,
including the Mercury Workgroup.
The November 17 BTS Workshop on Potential Mercury Reductions at Electric Utilities will
held 8:00 to 5:00 pm in the Marquette Room, Chicago Hilton and Towers, 720 South Michigan
Avenue, Chicago, IL. Please note that the November 16 and 17 meetings are in different
locations.
To register for the conference, please send name, organization, address, phone, fax,
and e-mail to:
Kim Turner
Ross & Associates Environmental Consulting, Ltd.
1218 Third Ave., Suite 1207
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-447-1805
Fax: 206-447-0956
email: bnsstake@ross-assoc.com
or
Madhu Malhotra
Environment Canada
Tel: 416-739-4191
Fax: 416-739-4804
email: madhu.malhotra@ec.gc.ca
Please specify that whether you intend to participate in the Mercury Workgroup meeting
on November 16, the utility workshop on November 17, or both.
Hotel information:
Blocks of rooms are being held at the Palmer House Hilton [(312)
726-7500]
and at the Union League Club [(800) 443-0578]. Please mention the
Binational Toxics Strategy-U.S. EPA to obtain the government rate. If you are unable to
secure a room at either hotel, please call Kim Turner at the phone number, above, for
additional ideas. Both hotels are very near to the EPA offices and a short walk or cab
ride to the Hilton.
** Please note that we were unable to secure government rate rooms at the Chicago
Hilton and Towers. You can contact them at (312) 922-4400 for room rates.
Workshop on Potential Mercury Reductions at Electric Utilities
BINATIONAL TOXICS STRATEGY MERCURY WORKGROUP
November 17, 1998
Chicago Hilton and Towers, Marquette Room (NOTE NEW LOCATION!)
720 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
(312) 922-4400
8:00 AM Check-in
8:15 AM Welcome, Agenda Review, and Meeting Purpose
8:30 AM Overview of Mercury Reduction Options for Utilities
Identified by the Minnesota Mercury Contamination Reduction Initiative
Carol Andrews/Ed Swain/John Gilkeson, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
25 minute presentation, 15 minute discussion
9:10 AM Practicable Emissions Control Technologies
George Offen, EPRI, "Mercury Control Technologies--principles, tests, controls"
Paula Choutts, SENES Consultant, A Review of Recent Mercury Control Technologies
Two 20 minute presentations, 10 minutes discussion
10:00 AM Management of Mercury-Containing Devices
Lou Pocalujka, Consumers Energy
10:25AM Break
10:40AM Impact of Restructuring, Deregulation, and Other Market
Forces
Jeremy Platt, EPRI
Bruce Lourie, Lourie & Love
Two 20 minute presentations, 20 minute discussion
11:40AM Lunch on your Own
12:45 PM Pollution Prevention Panel:
Bill Grant or Nancy Lang, Isaak Walton League on Fuel Switching
Presentation on Energy Efficient Lighting Speaker to be Determined
Paul Schueller, Franklin Energy Services, Inc., Market Transformation Programs for Energy
Efficiency
Three 20 minute Presentations, 30 minutes discussion
Moderator: Ian Smith, Ministry of the Environment, Province of Ontario (invited)
2:15PM Break
2:30PM Incentives for Cleaner Power Panel:
Karen Jaeckels, WEPCo, Review of Wisconsin's Largest
Green Energy Program
Stacey Davis or Sue Gander, Center for Clean Air Policy, Early Reduction Credits
Presentation on Alternative Energy Speaker to be Determined
Moderator: Frank Anscombe, U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office
4:00PM Facilitated Discussion: Specific Concrete Actions and
Opportunities to Reduce Mercury Entering the Great Lakes Basin
5:00PM Adjourn |
