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KFB Action Alert
The Kansas Farm Bureau supports
the 2009 Energy Policy Compromise, because it
creates a more predictable regulatory
environment for Kansas producers; encourages
renewable energy development; boosts job
creation and economic development throughout the
state; and supports the expansion of
much-needed, responsible electric power
generation.
Core to the energy policy
compromise is the development of a new,
state-of-the-art 895-MW coal-fueled unit located
near Holcomb, Kan. This project is a sensible
approach to meeting Kansas’ growing need for
clean, reliable, low-cost electricity, while
creating hundreds of well-paying jobs and
contributing tens of millions of dollars in
annual economic impact.
On July 1, the Kansas Department
of Health and Environment (KDHE) issued a draft
air quality permit that will allow
Sunflower Electric to begin constructing the
$2.8 billion Holcomb Station power plant that
will deliver reliable and affordable power to
more than 400,000 households in central and
western Kansas. This phase of the permitting
process lets Kansans share their thoughts with
KDHE technical staff by providing public
comments until August 15, 2010.
You can help
support the Holcomb Expansion Project
Submit your
comments today!
Comments can be sent to the KDHE by clicking
here,
by
sending an
e-mail to SunflowerComments@kdheks.gov,
or by sending a letter to Melissa Weide, Bureau
of Air, 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310, Topeka,
Kansas 66612.
To send Melissa Weide our standard support
comment, please feel free to use the text below
in your e-mail or letter:
I trust the KDHE technical staff’s ability to
develop a construction air permit for the
Holcomb Expansion Project that follows the Clean
Air Act and protects the environment and the
public health of Kansas.
The state-of-the-art Holcomb Expansion Project
will deliver reliable, low-cost electricity to
more than 400,000 households in central and
western Kansas, while stimulating the economy
and creating hundreds of jobs during
construction. These issues matter to our
members, many of whom live in the rural areas
that will directly benefit from this power plant
for decades to come. Equally important, the
Holcomb project will integrate the best
available control technologies to be among the
cleanest power plants of its kind anywhere in
the county, meeting all local, state and federal
regulations to protect public health and the
environment.
On behalf of the Kansas Farm Bureau and the
families we represent, we applaud our state’s
leaders for developing a sensible energy policy
that will move our state forward and we urge
KDHE to approve the construction air permit.
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