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power plant The Flagstaff-based group cites emissions as the reason for the lawsuit. BY ANNE MINARD Sun Staff Reporter Flagstaff-based Grand Canyon Trust has filed suit against a New Mexico power plant for what it calls decades of excessive pollution on the Colorado Plateau. The group, working with the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club, has filed notice with the Farmington, N.M., San Juan Power Plant, its eight owners, and federal and state regulators that it believes the plant contributes too much yellow haze to the airshed of the Colorado Plateau. "San Juan is one of the dirtiest power plants in the Southwest," said Rick Moore, air and energy program officer for the Grand Canyon Trust. A spokesperson with the plant contends that its environmental track record is actually good, and that owners have made expensive strides already to control air emissions.
The San Juan power plant the seventh largest coal-fired generating station in the West is made up of four coal-fired units that burn roughly 11 million tons of coal annually to produce about 1,650 megawatts of power. Julie Grey, a spokesperson for Public Service Company of New Mexico, which shares ownership of the plant, said the plant has been fully compliant with state and federal regulations. "In the year 2000 we were chosen by Environmental Protection Agency as charter member of a new program called Performance Track Program," she said. The San Juan plant supplies enough power for about 1.6 million homes. Some of its electricity goes to Tucson Electric Power and Arizona Public Service, which supplies Flagstaff.
Grey said that the plant is environmentally conscientious, and officials voluntarily spent $75 million in 1998 to install pollution control equipment for sulfur dioxide. "We just did it because it made good business sense and we knew it could help us reduce our emissions," Grey said. "We think we made very significant improvements. We're actually very proud." But the Sierra Club's Jennifer Weitzel Elementary dedicates Sept. 11 monument De Garmo called the upgrade a "Band-Aid." "It's time for the owners to install the best available pollution controls to clean up San Juan as much as possible," she said.
"This plant continues to dump thousands of tons of pollution into the air. People of the San Juan Basin have been breathing dirty air for too long." According to the EPA Emission scorecard, the plant emitted 28,886 tons of sulfur dioxide, 31,376 tons of nitrogen oxides, and 14.5 million tons of carbon dioxide in 2000. The environmental groups' letter alleges that San Juan routinely violates the plant's applicable "opacity" limit a measure of the visibility of emissions out of plant stacks and that the owners of the plant have illegally extended the life of the plant HEIDI DAILY SUN WEITZEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL second- and third-graders wave flags as they sing "God Bless America" during the Sept. 11 monument dedication at Flagstaff High School Thursday. Author's environment-friendly iendly growing trend catching on She is survived by her father, Joseph C.
Cox; stepmother Phyllis Cox; sisters Marca, Janet and Deleyn; brothers Jay and Clint; son Joseph; and daughter Juliann of Flagstaff. Memorial services were held Tuesday at the Lundberg White Rose Chapel in Glendale. Contributions can be made to Camp Tateya, 1016 N. 32nd Phoenix, AZ 85008. without installing new pollution controls as required by the Clean Air Act.
"What we are seeking is a significant reduction in the emission of air pollutants," said Reed Zars, the Laramie, attorney representing the environmental groups. "That would result if PNM (the Public Service Company of New Mexico) installed the best available control technology." Zars has worked with the Trust and other groups in attempts to rein in air pollution at other power plants. As a result of his efforts, the Mojave Power Plant in Laughlin, is now subject to a court-ordered schedule to install $300 million in air pollution controls. Anne Minard can be reached at or 556-2253. -LOCALBrief Audubon Society seeks help for tree planting Northern Arizona Audubon Society needs help planting cottonwoods Saturday at Page Springs, a wetland near Cottonwood.
The group has secured permission from the Arizone Game and Fish Department to plant trees below ponds at Page Spring Fish Hatchery. "This is already a very bird-rich place and we hope to improve this riparian habitat for the said Phyllis Kegley, outreach chair with the Northern Arizona Audubon Society. The event will start at around 8:30 a.m. and will go all morning and maybe all day. If you can help, please contact Roger Radd at (928) 646-9159.
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How to submit an obituary The Daily Sun will publish obituaries free of charge for persons who have lived or worked in Coconino County, including Flagstaff, Williams, Sedona, Page, Grand Canyon and the Navajo and Hopi reservations. Also included is Winslow in Navajo County. For more information or to obtain a news obituary form, contact the newsroom at 556- 2241. BY ANNE MINARD A trend toward environmentally friendly agriculture is quickly gaining steam in northern Arizona. Standing in the middle of the efforts is Gary Nabhan, who came to town a little more than a year ago.
The renowned environmentalist, published author and MacArthur Fellow has pushed the community toward significant strides and won national media acclaim, but he insists the progress is not his doing, that he's simply a "catalyst" for a momentum that was already under way. Nabhan came as director of POLICEL0g Sun Staff Reporter Arrest made in lockdown dispute child to pick up another child. A second argument occurred, acDEATHS Funerals Judith Cox-Ellis Judith "Judy" Cox-Ellis, 44, died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2002, in Denver. Mrs.
Cox-Ellis was born June 16, 1957, in Alliance, Ohio. She moved to Phoenix in 1965 and graduated from Cortez High School. After attending cosmetology school, she worked in Phoenix, Mesa and Flagstaff. A Flagstaff man sought in connection with a domestic violence incident that forced a three-hour lockdown of Killip Elementary School Wednesday has been found. Gustavio Martinez was arrested without incident at his house Thursday, according to Flagstaff police.
He was charged with aggravated assault and kidnapping. On Wednesday, a man later identified as Martinez allegedly pulled a knife on a woman and hit her as they were walking to Killip with their preschool-aged Northern Arizona University's Center for Sustainable Environments from the ArizonaSonora Desert Museum in the fall of 2000. Late last year, he put out a new book, "Coming Home to Eat," which has garnered good reviews in the New York Times, the L.A. Times, and on National Public Radio. And under his direction, the Center has fostered liaisons all over northern Arizona for the development of farming that uses environmentally-friendly practices and keeps foods close to home.
Partly as a result of the Center's efforts, Flagstaff residents were able to shop for sustainably- produced food four weekends last year at the cording to police, and the man threatened to take the children, but eventually walked away alone. After the second altercation, the mother, with her two children, reported the incidents to the school principal, who then called police and decided to lock down the school. The lockdown was lifted at 3:45 p.m. DUI charges Virginia Begay, 43, 3400 E. Miller was arrested and charged with extreme DUI late Wednesday night.
Begay was arrested after police spotted her vehicle drifting in the lanes of traffic on Fourth Street. Flagstaff Community Farmer's Market. The market will run for 12 weeks this year. "First off, they were a sponsor and second, they were a great source of support and networking among agricultural participants," Art Babbott, coordinator of the markets and a City Council candidate, said of the Center's role. Babbott said he initiated the idea for the markets, then "they stepped up with the Downtown Business Alliance and helped move it forward." Nabhan agreed he's tried to encourage the Center's role as a clearinghouse for talent and resources in sustainable agriculture efforts.
"We're here to serve as a Paige Allen Quick, 22, was arrested on charges of DUI to the slightest degree early Thursday morning. Quick was stopped after almost running a red light, and was also given a red light violation. Drug charges Flagstaff police assisted the Metro Narcotics Task Force Wednesday morning in the arrest of Jennifer Mae Tapaha, 22, 1705 N. Main A search of Tapaha's residence allegedly revealed illegal narcotics, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia. Tapaha was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, posses- Bessie M.
Garner Bessie M. Garner, 65, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002, in Flagstaff. Ms. Garner was a long-time resident of Williams.
She was a mother and a homemaker. Ms. Garner is survived by her mother, Seawillow "Callie" Williams of Camp Verde; daughters Margaret Young and Patricia Garner of Sacramento, catalyst for the good practices and people already in place," Nabhan said. "We're seeing this as a place they can bring their ideas to and meet other likeminded researchers and community-minded activists who can help implement them." That goal gave rise to "Fresh, Organic and Native Foods of the Colorado Plateau," a directory of 100 bakeries, dairies, restaurants, farmers markets and other purveyors of sustainably produced foods within a thr drive of Flagstaff. The publication, put out by the Center in collaboration with Coconino County and other partners last year, is now in its second edition.
And soon, the Center for sion of dangerous drugs, and possession of narcotics. Multiple charges David Lee Smith, 30, 801 W. Route 66 was arrested on multiple charges Wednesday morning at Mountain High Flowers in Flagstaff. Mountain High clerk alerted police when a flower order came through for someone she suspected of using a stolen credit card. The clerk positively identified Smith when he came to pick up the flowers.
A search of his person allegedly revealed two syringes, a silver spoon with white residue later identified as meth, two small Dorothy Aguilar of Phoenix, Linda Ruiz of Flagstaff; son Douglas Garner of Flagstaff; brothers Ernest Thompson of Tempe and Morgan Williams of Florence; sister Willie Ruth Flemons of Flagstaff; 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Her husband, son and two. brothers preceded her in death. Visitation will be Sunday at Norvel Owens Mortuary Chapel from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Funeral services will be Monday at the Sustainable Environments endorsem*nt tag could be hanging on products all over Flagstaff that meet sustainable harvest standards through their "Support Sustainable Harvests" program. Nabhan said he hopes the tags will direct local consumers to buy from producers and vendors that are conscious of sustainable practices. Specifically, he mentioned Phyllis Hogan, owner of Winter Sun Trading Company, who has been encouraging her store's herb suppliers to employ organic farming methods. "I think that in theory, it sounds like it will be a great idea that people who are harvesting sustainably get credit for it," Hogan said. bags with white residue, and a cotton swab with meth residue.
Smith was charged with fraudulent schemes, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of dangerous drugs, and of giving false information to an officer. Burglary Northland Beverage, 3825 E. Huntington Drive, was the victim of a burglary sometime Monday night or early Tuesday morning. Two of Northland Beverage's delivery trucks were broken into, and 83 cases of assorted brands of beer were stolen. The total loss of the beer due to the burglary was $1,158.57.
No arrests have been made. mortuary chapel at 10 a.m. Graveside services be Monday at 2 p.m. in the Williams Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be sent to Northland Hospice, P.O.
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