Central Pennsylvania - CentreDaily.com via AP
The Pennsylvania IRRC approved a controversial measure clearing the way for Pennsylvania to determine its own mercury emissions program, and thus veer away from the federal provisions. They got this done with one day to go on the deadline.
The vote by the Independent Regulatory Review Commission was the final regulatory hurdle for the proposal and came just one day before a deadline for the state to submit a mercury-regulation plan to the federal government. If the rule becomes final, Pennsylvania would be the first major coal-producing state to require a tougher-than-federal limit on mercury emissions from power plants.
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