22 States Say EPA Too Soft on Mercury

November 18, 2006 22 States Say EPA Too Soft on Mercury (AP)

PPL\'s Brunner Island, a three-unit, coal-fired plant located on the west bank of the Susquehanna River, is seen in York Haven, Pa., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006. A state regulatory board on Thursday approved Gov. Ed Rendell's effort to force deeper cuts in mercury emissions from Pennsylvania's coal-fired power plants. 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. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

(AP) -- Air quality regulators in at least 22 states have concluded that the Bush administration's approach to cutting mercury pollution from coal-burning power plants is too weak and are pursuing tougher measures of their own.

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