...congressional aides.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is also studying new standards requiring "maximum achievable control technology" that might eliminate the use of mercury, according to the environmental group Oceana.Olin officials have...

...Corp. plant in Augusta -- that use large amounts of toxic mercury. The proposal would raise the maximum achievable control technology level for mercury cell rooms at the plants to 90 percent, up from 75 percent. Those levels are the point...

...percent reduction in their measurable air emissions since 2005, they were required to do so by the maximum achievable control technology standard that was adopted by the EPA, with a deadline of Dec. 19, 2006. However, the operable word in...

...the use of mercury anyway, she said."They are working on newer standards for what they call 'maximum achievable control technology,' and we've argued that this basically means mercury free technology," she said. "That's something...

...the use of mercury anyway, she said."They are working on newer standards for what they call 'maximum achievable control technology,' and we've argued that this basically means mercury-free technology," she said. "That's something...

...plan that would allow two Georgia Power plants southeast of Atlanta to make improvements using "reasonably achievable control technology," while holding only the five plants northwest and southwest of the city to a specific standard. "The...

...plan that would allow two Georgia Power plants southeast of Atlanta to make improvements using "reasonably achievable control technology," while holding only the five plants northwest and southwest of the city to a specific standard. "The...