Program to cut mercury air emissions.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ) has announced a national program that it says will help cut mercury air emissions by up to 75 tons within the next 15 years. The National Vehicle Mercury Switch A mercury switch is a switch whose purpose is to allow or interrupt the flow of electric current in an electrical circuit in a manner that is dependent on the switch's physical position or alignment relative to the direction of the "pull" of earth's gravity. Recovery Program is designed to remove mercury-containing light switches from scrap vehicles before the vehicles are flattened, shredded and melted to make new steel. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the EPA, together with existing state mercury switch recovery efforts, this program will significantly reduce mercury air emissions from the furnaces used in steel making, the fourth leading source in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. after coal-fired utility boilers, industrial boilers and gold mining. Under the program, automobile dismantlers will remove mercury-containing light switches from scrap vehicles prior to flattening the vehicles. According to the EPA, participating dismantlers will be able to market their material as reduced-mercury scrap, earning recognition and financial incentives. More information on the National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program is at www.epa.gov/mercury/switch.htm. |
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