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Office of Inspector General

Report: Monitoring Needed to Assess Impact of EPA’s Clean Air Mercury Rule on Potential Hotspots

Report #2006-P-00025, May 15, 2006

What Was Found

EPA brought significant scientific, technical, and modeling expertise to bear in developing a specific methodology to consider the potential for mercury hotspots.

Report Materials

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Report At A Glance (PDF)(1 pg, 61 K)
Full Report (PDF)(33 pp, 362 K)