Court sides with EPA in power plant case

A federal appeals court has sided with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, denying requests by environmentalists and the Arizona Public Service Co. to review a plan that limits certain emissions from a coal-fired power plant in northwestern New Mexico. The utility, which operates the 2,040-megawatt Four Corners Power Plant, argued that the federal implementation plan finalized by EPA in 2007 was too restrictive. Environmentalists complained the plan did not take into account the region's air quality and that greater restrictions were needed to limit emissions. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver issued a 31-page ruling last week that found the EPA followed proper procedures in establishing the implementation plan...AP