Just prior to the July 4th recess, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, by a vote of 10 to nine, reported legislation introduced by Sens. Jim Jeffords (I-VT) (pictured) and Robert Smith (R-NH) that would significantly reduce pollution from electric power plants. "The Clean Power Act," also known as the “multi-pollutant bill,” requires electric power plants to reduce their emissions of nitrogen oxides by 83 percent, sulfur dioxide by 83 percent, mercury by 90 percent and carbon dioxide by 23 percent from today's levels by 2008. ILMA has been following the legislation, largely because of the measure’s potential affect impact on other Clean Air Act requirements that could affect independent lubricant manufacturers and because of the likely cost pass-through to business and industry.

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