Environmentalists Seek to Block 2 Coal-Fired Plants

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Two environmental groups have appealed the permits granted by the state Department of Air Quality allowing construction of new coal- fired power plant units. But officials of both plants say the plants will have modern pollution controls.

The plants are a 950-megawatt generating station to be built at the Intermountain Power Plant near Lynndyl, Millard County, and a new 270-megawatt unit proposed for Sigurd, Sevier County. The Sigurd plant is to be built by Nevco Energy Co., Bountiful.

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Environmentalists Seek to Block 2 Coal-Fired Plants

Appeals challenging the plants' recent approval were filed by the Utah chapter of the Sierra Club and by the Grand Canyon Trust, requesting that the Utah Air Quality Board overturns the permits.

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