Strengthen Kentucky's regional haze plan.

The Kentucky Division for Air Quality has proposed an ineffective regional haze plan that fails to clear the air in Mammoth Cave – one of our nation’s most haze-polluted national parks – and in communities across the state.

Instead of proposing thorough and thought-out solutions to clear the air, the Kentucky Division for Air Quality chose to only review two of the 19 polluters causing Kentucky’s hazy air, determined that neither of those giant polluters should be required to install new pollution controls, and failed to provide to the public all relevant analysis of one of the plants. They also failed to consider other haze pollution like nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter from any sources, ignoring National Park Service input and other stakeholder concerns throughout the process.

Urge Kentucky Division for Air Quality to reverse course and propose a plan that will actually restore clean air and clear skies to national parks and wilderness areas in Kentucky and the Southeast, improve public health in our communities and protect Kentucky’s vibrant and growing tourist economy.

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Ms.

Leslie

Poff

Program Planning & Administrative Branch, Division for Air Quality

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I write today because I deeply value clean air in Kentucky and across the Southeast. I am concerned that Kentucky DAQ’s proposed Regional Haze plan does not make reasonable progress toward cleaning the air in Mammoth Cave National Park, the state of Kentucky, or the communities who live around Kentucky’s most harmful polluters. Mammoth Cave is one of our nation’s most haze-polluted national parks, and DAQ’s plan does not adequately help solve this problem. 
Kentucky DAQ’s plan fails to address some of the largest sources of pollution contributing to hazy skies, ignores evaluating two pollutants contributing to haze pollution (NOx and PM), does not require any pollution controls on the only two facilities they reviewed, fails to provide all relevant analysis to the public and does not adequately address the concerns of the National Park Service. KY DAQ’s plan fails to improve air quality for people and parks and must be fixed.  I ask that before finalizing this plan, Kentucky DAQ take the time to correct these harmful oversights by addressing the other large haze polluters in the state, revisiting options to improve pollution controls on the TVA Shawnee Coal Plant and BREC D.B. Wilson Plant and incorporating environmental justice considerations. We can’t miss this once-in-a-decade opportunity to protect our parks, public health and communities.

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Strengthen Kentucky’s regional haze plan.

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