Like the Lancaster-York-Harrisburg-Lebanon area of Pennsylvania:
Delaware County recently received an F grade for High Ozone Days in the American Lung Association’s “2014 State of the Air Report.” So, it is particularly troubling that the state Department of Environmental Protection is working to turn back the clock on an important air pollution requirement.
In Pennsylvania, most power plants already have an effective, modern pollution-control technology known as selective catalytic reduction. However, under the DEP’s new proposed rule “Additional Reasonable Available Control Technology Requirements for Major Sources of NOx and VOCs,” power plants will be allowed to use older, less efficient and less effective technologies to control their emissions.
The Department of Environmental Protection should require the most effective technology to control NOx and VOC’s, otherwise our ozone problem will worsen and people with respiratory illnesses will become sicker. The proposed plan for “Additional Reasonable Available Control Technology Requirements for Major Sources of NOx and VOCs” ensures that Delaware County, and the surrounding areas, will continue to receive an F rating for high ozone days and citizens will suffer. We should not tolerate an F-.
JENNIFER McINTYRE
Philadelphia
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