After a season of heavy ozone pollution, DEQ cites energy company alleging seven violations of air-quality permits.
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DEQ, residents clash over ozone pollution
Sublette measures levels that clean-air advocates say should trigger controls, but state regulators demur saying rules are unclear.
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Read the law and learn the facts on coal mine reclamation
Wendy Lowe of the Wyoming Coal Information Committee responds to a column by Bob LeResche regarding coal mine reclamation.
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Are Feds Slowing Oil and Gas Permitting?
Of the seven major oil and gas EISs now in the works in Wyoming, none have gotten to the “draft” stage. Once a draft is issued, stakeholders can better predict when the process might be completed. But in the early stages of the process, Ulrich said the scope and detail of the analysis seems to have greatly expanded.
“More and more is analyzed under the umbrella of an EIS,” said Ulrich, adding that the analysis includes more air pollutants than before, and more animal species.
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Pristine to Polluted: More drilling proposed near Pinedale despite ozone spikes
Despite significant reductions in the volume of emissions from the Pinedale Anticline and Jonah natural gas fields in recent years, the area remains prone to ozone spikes — a human health risk. Ozone spiked beyond federal thresholds 13 times this past winter, and triggered 10 state-issued alerts, warning people to remain indoors.
