May 2008 — NDEP's New Website: Nevada Mercury Control Program (NMCP)
April 12, 2007 News Release — NDEP Awardes Mercury Fugitive Emissions Contract — A University of Nevada researcher has been awarded a $250,000 contract to conduct a two-year research project to characterize mercury emissions to the atmosphere from areas of mining waste — "Mercury emissions from mine waste rock, heap leach and tailings areas have been the subject of much speculation and concern over the past few years," said Leo Drozdoff, administrator of NDEP. "We believe this research will provide sound scientific data to help answer many of the questions surrounding this issue."
March 2007 — NDEP's Water Quality Monitoring Webpage: NDEP obtains water quality samples that are analyzed for standard chemical parameters and metals, including total recoverable and dissolved mercury. The river, stream and lake water quality data are available on this webpage
January 2007 — Nevada Mercury Control Program - Briefing Document 
January 2007 Program Update: USEPA has provided NDEP with an additional $34,000 to support continued operation of Nevada's rural Mercury Deposition Network (MDN). Grant funds will support the project through October 2008. The federal funds are a one time use of EPA dollars for the project. Of note, most MDN sites throughout the country are funded by sources other than EPA with states providing 45% , local groups 30%, National Park Service and USGS each 10% and industry 5%.
For additional information read NDEP's request for continued funding for this program
September 2006 — NDEP initiates a new program to control air emissions of mercury from coal-fired electric utility steam generating units. NDEP took this action in response to a federal requirement for states to control annual mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. Read about the new program.
September 2006 — NDEP expands its Chemical Accident Prevention Program (CAPP) to cover storage facilities that handle large quantities of mercury. Learn more about this new program.
May 2006 — NDEP officially implements the Nevada Mercury Air Emissions Control Program (NMCP) for precious metal mining operations. Read all about the new program.
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February 09, 2008 —
Court Rejects Emission 'Trades' — EPA Effort to Limit Mercury Output Is Said to Ignore — A federal appeals court yesterday threw out the Environmental Protection Agency's approach to limiting mercury emitted from power-plant smokestacks, saying the agency ignored laws and twisted logic when it imposed new standards that were favorable to plant owners — washingtonpost.com.
December 19, 2007 — Where is mercury coming from? — Conservationists blame toxic buildup on northern Nevada gold mines — Idaho Mountain Express
October 30, 2007 — Toxic Legacy [Mercury] - Fishing with Caution — Despite decades of government attempts to regulate it, ban it and erase it from household use, the poisonous metal mercury remains a threat to the environment and public health, especially to children and to women of childbearing age.
— USA Today - View USA Mercury Map
October 15, 2007 — Otter: Pollution trading program still unfit for Idaho — The governor also wants the DEQ to expand its efforts with surrounding states to reduce mercury emissions — Idaho Statesman.com
September 19, 2007 — New study shows fish respond quickly to changes in
mercury deposition — ENN
August 08, 2007 — Mines & Mercury, Part 1: Mines add little to global mercury pool — ELKO — Nevada mining companies, particularly those mines on the gold trends in the state’s northeast region, have weathered heavy criticism in recent years for the mercury emitted from mine sites during processing — Elko Daily Free Press
July 19, 2007 — Cuts in mercury sought — State [Wisconsin] calls for 90% less power plant emissions — JS Online
July 19, 2007 — State cuts allowable mercury in Bay —
Water board votes 5-0 to approve cleanup measure that will affect sewer plants, mine in hills near San Jose — Contra Costa Times
May 10, 2007 — State Department Says Mercury Emissions Testing Program on Schedule — The initial phase of mercury emissions testing at Nevada's largest precious metal mines is nearing completion, and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) reports that the program is on schedule and working as expected. News 4
April 12, 2007 —
New York aims to clean waters of mercury —
ALBANY, N.Y. - The state Department of Environmental Conservation has issued a draft plan intended to cut smokestack mercury emissions to the point that all New York fish are safe to eat again. New York and six New England states — Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont — are collaborating in an effort to prompt the federal government and other states to follow their lead. The draft plan is called the Northeast Regional Mercury Total Maximum Daily Load — AP — (More About Mercury in the Environment)
March 27, 2007 — Mercury compromise unveiled —  A compromise designed to strengthen Nevada's new regulations to control mercury emissions from precious metal mines was unveiled to state lawmakers Monday, winning the support of regulators, the mining industry and environmentalists.— RGJ.COM
March 17, 2007 — Dueling Environmentalists: NDEP, UNR professor at odds over mercury study — ELKO — One month after lawmakers in Carson City heard a damning report regarding mercury emissions at Nevada mines, representatives of the state’s environmental protection agency essentially dismissed the study as amateurish and wholly without merit —
By DOUG McMURDO - Associate Editor, Elko Daily Free Press
March 08, 2007 — Diners: be careful with the fish — RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
Related Information — NDEP — State Health & State Wildlife )
March 08, 2007 — Fish are up to their gills in mercury — Children, pregnant women most at risk of high levels of heavy metal, report says — MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
February 22, 2007 — CRS Reprot to Congress— Mercury Emissions from Electric Power Plants: States Are Setting Stricter Limits [23 Pages]
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