Mercury and Coal-Fired Power Plants

Mercury contamination of freshwater fish in the Great Lakes states is a significant public health and economic issue. The Department has taken many actions to reduce mercury discharges into the environment including community recycling programs for mercury-containing products and air pollution control requirements for incinerators and coal-fired electric utility plants which are the largest known source of mercury emissions in the state. Wisconsin promulgated its state rule for coal-fired utility plants in September 2004. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency promulgated the federal Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) in May 2005. Information on the state rule as well as the federal CAMR and other mercury related topics are contained on these pages.

Wisconsin's Mercury Rule And Revisions

Federal Mercury Rule

Mercury in the Environment

Other Sources of Information on Mercury

Mercury Contacts