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Texas agency accuses American Electric Power of serious pollution violations.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, July, 2004
By Gretel C. Kovach, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 24--Texas' environmental agency issued a notice of enforcement against one of the nation's largest utilities, alleging serious violations of air-pollution laws at an East Texas power plant, records show.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality filed the notice this week against American Electric Power, alleging at least seven violations pertaining to sulfur dioxide and particulate emissions, record keeping and burn rates at Welsh Power Plant in Titus County.
Allegations of violations were first reported by a former company engineer who said he was fired for trying to clean up the company's emissions practices.
The company has not yet...
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