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NATION, Page 31American NotesPARKSHaze over The Canyon
Visitors to the Grand Canyon have long complained that smog is
ruining the view. A National Park Service study tracked winter
weather patterns and the sources of the haze. The main culprit:
Arizona's Navajo Generating Station, an electrical plant 80 miles
away. The plant, burning 24,000 tons of coal daily and releasing
an estimated 12 to 13 tons of sulfur dioxide from its smokestacks
every hour, was found responsible for about half the Grand Canyon's
pollution.
Last week the Environmental Protection Agency recommended that
up to $1 billion in pollution controls be installed at the station.
But the Federal Bureau of Reclamation owns a 24% interest in Navajo
and would have to contribute to the cleanup. Faced with an
interagency imbroglio, Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan responded
in classic fashion by ordering up yet another study, thus casting
further haze over the future of Grand Canyon.