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Us eases air restrictions older power plants Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.terradaily.com/2003/030827204307.x22gqfq0.html http://www.terradaily.com/2003/030827204307.x22gqfq0.html US eases clean air restrictions on older power plants WASHINGTON (AFP) Aug 27, 2003 The Bush administration relaxed clean air rules Wednesday, saying the move would improve the nation's power supply, but environmentalists said the move would lead to more air pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a rule allowing some 17,000 coal-fired power plants, refineries and factories to modernize without having to install costly new pollution control equipment. "This rule will result in safer, more efficient operation of these facilities and, in the case of power plants, more reliable operations that are environmentally sound and provide more affordable energy," EPA acting administrator Marianne Horinko said in a statement. The measure exempts facilities from having to install pollution controls when replacing old equipment so long as the replacements' cost does not exceed one-fifth of what the EPA would consider the cost of a total "process unit" consisting of a boiler, turbine, generator and other equipment used to convert coal into electricity. Lobbyists for utilities had long sought the changes, saying these would make it easier for companies to modernize the national electric grid. The issue gained prominence after massive power failures swept the northeastern and midwestern United States and parts of Canada earlier this month. But environmentalists said the rule's results would include an upsurge in illnesses and ecological damage. "Polluters can replace huge pieces of their factories without installing readily available modern technology to curb the soot and smog pollution that leaves our communities at risk to more asthma attacks, acid rain, and other toxic pollution," said Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club. All rights reserved. © 2002 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.

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