Power plant comment period is extended

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Gallup Independent
By Kathy Helms
Diné Bureau

WINDOW ROCK — The Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe have received a 30-day extension to allow for comments on the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding possible visibility improvements at Four Corners Power Plant and Navajo Generating.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a notice last week in the Federal Register that it is extending the deadline to Oct. 28. The extension was granted despite denials of earlier requests from other stakeholders because the notice is not a rulemaking action and does not propose any control options at this time, EPA said.

The advanced notice is limited in scope and only seeks the submittal of information on variables that were used to model visibility improvement, according to EPA, thus, it considered the 30-day comment period adequate.

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