Pollution and Waste Treatment Solutions for Environmental Professionals
March 12, 2008
A major U.S. power generator has awarded a contract to Calgon Carbon Corp. of Pittsburgh, Pa., to supply its powdered activated carbon to remove mercury from the flue gas of coal-fired power plants in the Midwest.
Under terms of the guaranteed contract, the customer has agreed to purchase a minimum amount of activated carbon valued at $55 million over the next five years.
Fluepac MC+ and Fluepac CF+ activated carbons were specifically developed to remove mercury from power plant flue gas.
On April 2, 2008, exactly one year after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, 12 states, supported by an additional five states as amicus curiae, as well as the District of Columbia, the cities of New York and Baltimore, and a number of environmental organizations, filed a petition for mandamus with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit seeking to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to act on remand within 60 days.