I think it is going to be extremely difficult for the American people to accept the fact that a plant at Texarkana, Arkansas, that opened up in December of last year with the best available technology that it would not be able to meet the emissions standards set in this proposed rule.
Whitfield expresses concern over proposed EPA emissions standards affecting new coal plants.
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