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EPA issues operation permit for Bonanza plant production

RBC I Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Title V permit allowing Deseret Power Electric Cooperative’s (DPEC’s) Bonanza power plant to continue operating under existing emissions control requirements.
The final permit will go into effect Jan. 7, 2015.

The decision comes after environmental organization WildEarth Guardians filed a lawsuit in May to require the EPA to revise a draft Title V air quality permit for the Bonanza plant. The revisions would have…