A group dedicated to protecting the environment of the Great Salt Lake is praising a new program proposed by the state of Nevada to control mercury emissions.
The contaminant is released into the environment when coal is burned and can be released during certain mining operations. It can build up in wildlife, occasionally reaching levels that require limiting human consumption of certain species of fish and waterfowl.
According to the environmental advocates Great Salt Lakekeeper, Utah was one of the last five states in the nation to issue consumption advisories for mercury in fish. It has also issued advisories for certain types of waterfowl from marshes near the Great Salt Lake.
The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection an- nounced last week it is launching the Nevada Mercury Air Emissions Control Program for precious metal mining operations. It would be the first regulatory program of its kind to control mercury emissions from such mining, the department's administrator, Leo Drozdoff, said in a press release.
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