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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4279613" data-attributes="member: 5412">During the obummer years, he took on a war on coal for his green agenda. One of his "experts in the EPS speculated mercury was coming from coal fired power plants. I worked at Sooner Power plant at that time which is coal fired and assisted in the mandatory mercury emissions testing and reporting as part of my environmental monitoring duties.OG&E spent millions of dollars buying the instruments, installing them and spending three years monitoring the amount of mercury coming out of the stacks. The instruments didn't measure any in the first year, so the EPA came back with new equipment that was much more sensitive. It could measure one part per billion in the stack emissions. There was an occasional reading in two years. The obummer administration abandoned the project and our equipment was mothballed. Mercury is a naturally occurring earth element that appears naturally in our waters and the ocean. The level is so low that it's almost unreadable, but there have been a couple of instances like a lake in NE Ok that had a high mercury warning for a few different species of fish. The name escapes me at the moment. Basically, the warning was pregnant women and small children should refrain from eating the fish. Healthy folks were told to try and restrict it to two meals a month.Several lakes around Ok have that warning. From the Oklahoma DEQ, "The DEQ emphasizes that this advisory does not imply that the lake water is unsafe to drink or enjoy recreational activities. The purpose of the advisory is to inform and allow people to make informed choices about their diet and recommend not consuming certain fish from these lakes more than once or twice a month."What's interesting is that the named lakes with high mercury levels do not include Sooner Lake which is the cooling water lake right next to the power plant that is 5000 acres in size, nor any lakes around, nor Shady Point plant near Poteau. All coal burners in Oklahoma get their coal from Wyoming like most of the others which is considered to be a clean coal. Can't speak for Tx though.</blockquote>

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