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Monday, 02/11/2008 |
Ohio Valley residents can breathe easier, according to American
Electric Power’s Wayne Irons, since emissions controls were installed
at the company’s Mitchell Power Plant a year ago.
The Mitchell plant installed its first sulfur dioxide-catching scrubber
about one year ago and added a second last April, plant manager Irons
said. And he is pleased with their performance.
“We are making better than designed capture,” he said. “We are at about 98 percent capture of SO2.”
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Saturday, 02/09/2008 |
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration will publish the final mine
rescue team regulations in the Federal Register on Friday, Feb. 8. The
rule, which has a staggered implementation schedule (described below),
is applicable only to underground coal mines.
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Saturday, 02/09/2008 |
On Wednesday the Senate Natural Resources Committee amended SB 456, the
Antidegradation Implementation Rule, to reduce the presumptive list
from 309 streams to 108. The amended list was extracted from the
original 156 streams proposed by the WVDEP last year and consists of
the 38 streams that were never objected to and 70 streams that are
solely on public lands. The bill is on second reference in the Senate
Judiciary Committee.
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Monday, 02/04/2008 |
The U.S. Department of Energy announced cancellation of the FutureGen project that was scheduled for construction in Illinois. It will be curious to follow the discussions surrounding this decision over the next few days as coal opponents will probably declare some sort of victory while DoE officials will attempt to explain their decision through cost escalations. Interestingly, several utilities are seemingly getting closer each day to "no emissions" plants as they continue to modernize with additional control technologies. We must continue to remind the country and the policy makers that coal provides more than 12 hours of electricity to Americans each day!
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Monday, 02/04/2008 |
Walker Machinery conducted a most successful Friends of Coal drive among its employees on Wednesday at their Belle location. The additional Walker locations will conduct similar drives to muster support for the industry and inform the coal-sensitive employees of the tremendous threats confronting our industry from extremist organizations, court decisions and mis-informed policy makers. Thanks to Steve Walker, Roger Lilly and all the wonderful people at Walker for bringing such a positive story to the public's attention. It was also featured on local television stations and the statewide radio network. Please see the Charleston Daily Mail, (http://dailymail.com) Thursday, January 31st article featuring the great day at Walker Machinery. There was also a good article in this week's State Journal.
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