PHOENIX (AP) — Federal officials considering new air-quality requirements for three Arizona power plants are giving the public more time to comment and more places to do so.
At issue are proposals to require additional pollution controls at the Apache Generating Station near Cochise, the Coronado Generating Station near St. Johns and the Cholla Power Plant near Holbrook.
The Environmental Protection Agency extended the public comment period by about two weeks to Sept. 18. And it's adding public hearings in August in Holbrook and Benson to one already scheduled in Phoenix.
The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry had asked for a much longer comment period as well as additional hearing sites.
The chamber also wanted EPA to extend its deadline to act, but the agency says the deadline remains Nov. 15.