FARMINGTON, N.M. - The federal government has
been asked to crack down on air pollution from the Four Corners Power
Plant in northwestern New Mexico. The coal-fired plant's "emissions are pretty
bad, and they've been operating with very little control," she said
Thursday.
The Sierra Club, the Grand Canyon
Trust and the National Parks Conservation Association have petitioned the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to set strict limits for the plant,
which is operated by Arizona Public Service Co.
Jennifer De Garmo,
a co-chairwoman of the Sierra Club's central New Mexico group, said the
environmental organizations are giving the EPA "a little
nudge."
APS has not seen the petition, said Sheri Foote, a
spokeswoman for the utility.
APS has been looking into ways to cut
emissions and has invested about $600 million in pollution controls in the
past 30 years, she said.
"We continue to work very hard in that
area to determine what we can achieve at the plant," Foote
said.
The plant's current EPA permit does not include any emissions
limits or monitoring requirements for particulates, nitrogen oxides or
sulfur dioxide, the petition said.
Steve Frey, an EPA environmental
engineer, said the agency is working on new emissions limits for the
plant.
"There still are other regulations that fall into play," he
said. Other rules already require some monitoring, Frey said.
The
San Juan County plant has five units that, when running full-tilt, burn
28,000 tons of coal and churn out 2,040 megawatts of electricity
daily.
Source: Associated Press
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