Group urges more protection for Mammoth Cave
Visitors wind their way through the area called Broadway toward the Rotunda in Mammoth Cave in Mammoth, Ky. Courtesy the National Parks Service
Photographer: Courtesy National Parks Service
Posted: 02/22/2012
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By: Associated Press
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The National Parks Conservation Association says a plan by the Environmental Protection Agency to exempt some older coal plants from tough air quality standards could hurt Mammoth Cave National Park.
The group is urging the EPA not to allow the exemption because according to a report released this month it would allow emissions of 243 percent more nitrogen oxides "than the best pollution controls would allow."
The group says Western Kentucky Energy has two small plants near Henderson that would harm the park without better pollution controls.
Western Kentucky Energy environmental manager Thomas Shaw told the Daily News that the plants are currently in compliance with EPA standards and the company hasn't asked for an exemption.
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