THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW COAL FIRED POWER PLANT IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA HAS LEAD TO LOWER EMISSION STANDARDS AT A SIMILAR FACILITY IN RUSSELL COUNTY. APPALACHIAN POWER’S CLINCH RIVER POWER PLANT HAS BEEN ORDERED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TO REDUCE IT’S EMISSIONS AFTER AN AIR QUALITY COMPUTER MODELING SHOWED POTENTIAL FOR A PROBLEM. THE PLANT WILL REDUCE EMISSIONS BY APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD. PLANT OFFICIALS SAID THEY PLAN TO CHANGE THE PLANT’S FUEL MIXTURE TO CUT EMISSIONS BY 9 THOUSAND TONS ANNUALLY. IN ADDITION, THE PLANT WILL SPEND NEARLY TEN MILLION DOLLARS TO INSTALL EQUIPMENT TO REDCUE NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.