RELEASED BY: Kelly A. Ayotte, Attorney General
SUBJECT: New Hampshire Urges EPA to Act on Inspector General Report Criticizing Federal Mercury Rule
DATE: February 22, 2005
RELEASE TIME: Immediate

New Hampshire's Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte joined with eleven other states today in urging EPA to consider and act on a report recently released by the EPA Inspector General on shortcomings in the proposed rule to reduce mercury emissions from power plants.

A copy of the Inspector General's Report Additional Analyses of Mercury Emissions Needed Before EPA Finalizes Rules for Coal-Fired Electric Utilities along with the States' letter, are available as Adobe Acrobat PDF documents adobe acrobat reader symbol.

For further information, please contact Senior Assistant Attorney General Maureen D. Smith at (603) 271-3679.

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