Thermo Fisher Scientific Organizes 'Super Group III' Meeting On Clean Air Mercury Rule Implementation
Franklin, MA — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, hosted industry specialists in Atlanta, March 26-27, to exchange ideas on progress achieved and future challenges regarding the federal Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) emissions monitoring program. The 'Super Group III' meeting included representatives from the U.S. EPA, major utility companies, and leading research and consulting firms. Attended by approximately 175 participants from around the country, the meeting was the third such forum hosted by Thermo Fisher Scientific within the past year. Thermo Fisher Scientific organizes the sessions to bring the coal-fired power generation industry up to date on the critical issues and potential technological solutions relating to the implementation of the CAMR. The emission reporting rule becomes effective January 1, 2009.
"The Super Group meetings are unique in the industry," said Michael Nemergut, marketing director for Thermo Fisher Scientific's Air Quality Instruments business. "It is a forum where all parties affected by the CAMR are able to dialogue about the advancements and remaining challenges for implementing this environmental mandate. The Super Group idea is to offer a ‘holistic' approach in addressing the CAMR, where power plant managers, government regulators, consulting experts and system suppliers can all find common ground and learn from each other." The first Super Group meeting was held March 2006 in Boston; the second, last September in Chicago. Super Group IV is scheduled for September 2007 in Cincinnati.
Among the presenters at Super Group III were Scott Hedges and Jeff Ryan, U.S. EPA; John Schabron, Western Research; Jon Konings, WE Energies; Stephen Potter, URS Corporation; Eric Roland, Reliant Energy; Sharon Sjostrom, ADA-ES; and Richard McRanie, RMB Consulting. Topics discussed ranged from key differences in monitoring methods and equipment to complex questions on instrument calibration and system certification. Several speakers also related lessons they had learned from already installed systems and provided insights on how to deal with the evolving regulatory environment.
Addressing the forum from Thermo Fisher Scientific were Syed Jafry, general manager; Dieter Kita, R&D director; Michael Corvese, product manager; and Mike Nemergut. Thermo Fisher Scientific is a leading industry supplier of technology solutions for CAMR compliance. "Not only do we understand the critical importance of cost-effective system reliability, but also the complexities of the mercury monitoring needs specific to the coal-fired utility industry," said Nemergut.
To give interested parties the opportunity to review and comment on the presentations from all three of the Super Group meetings to date, Thermo Fisher Scientific has created a "blog" at http://supergroupblog.blogspot.com. The blog extends the concept of the Super Group meetings by offering an additional forum where experts and industry players can come together online to share ideas and implemented practices on how best to accomplish the mandates of the CAMR
SOURCE: Thermo Fisher Scientific