Notes

1 See Appendix A for a copy of the requesting letter.

2 The request also asked for analysis of the approach recommended by environmental group stakeholders in the formal recommendations to the Clean Air Advisory Committee by its workgroup studying mercury issues. EIA could not pursue this part of the request because neither Congressional staff or Environmental Protection Agency staff were able to provide information on the specifics of this recommendation.

3 See Appendix B for a copy of our interim response to this request.

4 A 34-ton Phase I cap is assumed in this analysis.

5 This analysis does address the potential impact of allowing emissions averaging for contiguous generating units.

6 Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2005, DOE/EIA-0308(2005), (Washington, DC, February 2005).

7 This is calculated as follows: (1-0.27) X (1-0.86) = (1-0.90) or 0.10, 10 percent of the coal entering the plant will exit in the flue gases.