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<text id=89TT2362>
<title>
Sep. 11, 1989: American Notes:Parks
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Sep. 11, 1989 The Lonely War:Drugs
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 31
American Notes
PARKS
Haze over The Canyon
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<p> 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.
</p>
<p> 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.
</p>
</body></article>
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