Phoenix, Arizona (PRWEB) December 29, 2011
Gina McCarthy, Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency?s Office of Air and Radiation, will be a keynote speaker at EUEC 2012, the USA?s largest power, utility and environment conference to be held at the Phoenix Convention Center from January 30 via February 1, 2012. McCarthy will address the EPA?s new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), the very first national standards to regulate power plant emissions of mercury and toxic air pollution issued on December 21, 2011.
?The EPA?s announcement on MATS directly impacts power plants and power companies across the nation. We?re proud to have Assistant Administrator McCarthy as one of our outstanding keynote speakers, along with senior representatives from DOE and Southern Organization, to directly address how the utility market plans to comply with these new regulations,? stated Dr. Prabhu Dayal, EUEC Chairman. ?After our plenary session, three tracks in our 12-track technical plan will supply invaluable data for utilities with presentations by specialists on the clean air guidelines, monitoring and control technologies and strategies for mercury and air toxics.?
The plenary keynote panel held on Monday, January 30, 2012, will function:
