«
Despite comporting with both federal guidelines and state law, these controls weren't good enough for the EPA... Whatever its rationale, [on August 5th] the EPA imposed Regional Haze retrofits at San Juan that would cost New Mexico ratepayers $ 370 million — a nearly tenfold
increase over those
approved by New Mexico officials... Based on peer - reviewed research, there
is a 35 percent
chance that the visibility «benefit»
of the EPA's preferred controls could
be perceptible by the general population on the seventh - worst visibility day
of the year at Mesa Verde, the national park closest to the San Juan Generating Station... In other words, most people won't even notice the difference wrought by the EPA's ultra-expensive controls.»