Maryland Challenges EPA Over Finding That Anne Arundel Power Plant Likely Violates Clean Air Rules

The Hogan administration is challenging the Environmental Protection Agency over its finding that an old coal-burning power plant in Anne Arundel County likely is violating air pollution control rules and needs to take steps to fix the problem.

Environmentalists say that, by their calculations, the Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station in Pasadena has for years released unhealthy levels of a pollutant known to trigger asthma and cause cancer. The EPA has tentatively agreed with that assessment, saying Wagner appears to be emitting unacceptable levels of sulfur dioxide.

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