Oklahoma Protests EPA's Denial Of Fuel Switching In Regional Haze Plan

Oklahoma is urging EPA to reconsider its rejection of the state's regional haze plan, which would have allowed facilities to fuel switch from coal to natural gas as an alternate compliance option for the haze program without installing expensive pollution controls, though EPA says the approach would take too long to reduce emissions. Steven Thompson, executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality says the state will ask EPA to reconsider its rejection. In a Sept. 9 written response...