Feds order six AZ plants to clear national park skies by cutting emissions
By: Brittany Bade, Cronkite News
Newly announced emissions restrictions on six Arizona plants aim to reduce haze over 17 federal areas in the Southwest, including the Grand Canyon.
The Colorado River flows through the Grand Canyon.
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency set new limits Wednesday on emissions from six Arizona industrial facilities in order to reduce haze at 17 national parks and wilderness areas, including the Grand Canyon.
The final rule, published in Wednesday’s Federal Register, would cut more than 32,000 tons of pollutants each year from smelters, cement plants and a power plant to clear the air over “Class 1″ federal lands in Arizona, California, Utah and New Mexico. Twelve of those areas are in Arizona.
