FGD and DeNOx
NEWSLETTER       

                                                                                                         September 2005
                                                                                                             No. 329

Boardman Coal-fired Plant is Suspect in Columbia Gorge Pollution

Researchers may have pinpointed two contributors to the rising pollution and acid fog levels in the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area: a Portland General Electric (PGE) 560-MW coal-burning power plant and an Eastern Oregon dairy complex that houses 52,300 cows. Both sit near the eastern mouth of the Columbia Gorge near Boardman, Oregon. The PGE coal-fired plant received an exemption from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1975 two weeks before stiffer regulations went into effect, an exemption that the EPA later admitted had been a mistake. State officials say they are concerned, but that there may not be much they can do to regulate the situation because of the exemptions.

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