Environmentalists concerned about pollution from Nevada mines

[NVMojo]

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - State officials said Thursday they're moving ahead with rules governing mercury pollution from Nevada mines despite claims from environmentalists and others that the rules would do little to stop the worst polluters.

"This is one step. We are not stopping here," Mike Elges, chief of the state Bureau of Air Pollution Control, said during the first workshop on the rules. "We're not sidestepping these other issues."

Jennifer Carr, head of the state Bureau of Air Quality Planning, said the plan is to have the rules ready for adoption by the state Environmental Commission in late January or early February.

Carr added that while the mining industry has been working with the state in developing the rules, "they're not necessarily pro-industry. There will be significant capital expenditures" by mines in complying with the standards.

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