Category: Air Quality
Published: June 26, 2008

"A Virginia regulatory board yesterday approved key permits for a new coal-fired electric plant in the state's southwest corner, handing Dominion Virginia Power a victory in a fight that encapsulates the nation's debate over coal power. After a two-day hearing in Wise, Va., the Air Pollution Control Board voted unanimously to grant air-pollution permits to Dominion's proposed 585-megawatt plant near St. Paul, Va. The approval by the five-member board cleared the last major bureaucratic hurdle for the plant. The proposal for the plant was approved this year by Virginia utility regulators. The board amended the permits, however, to make them more restrictive, said Bill Hayden, a spokesman for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality." David A. Fahrenthold reports for the Washington Post June 26, 2008.

Read it here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/25/AR2008062502798.html?hpid=sec-metro