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MONITORING & SAMPLING NEWSLETTER     

January 2010
No. 363

Oklahoma Working on Regional Haze Rules

The Oklahoma Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is on the clock to come up with a proposal to reduce regional haze in federal wildlife areas. DEQ hosted a public hearing to allow comments on the plan, which two of the state’s largest utility companies insist could cost them a lot of money. Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. (OG&E) was the most vocal critic of the plan which officials said could force the utility company to spend more than $1 billion to install scrubbers to clean emissions at its coal-fired power plants. Instead, OG&E wants DEQ to amend the plan so the company can reduce emissions by switching from coal to natural gas to fuel the majority of its power plants.

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