Regional Haze

Act! Public comment & hearing on Regional Haze

The Regional Haze Rule is a crucial piece of legislation in protecting our public lands and public health from fossil fuel pollution. Utah is a mecca for outdoor recreation. Home to starry skies and scenic drives, we also house two of the dirtiest coal plants in the country.

UPHE alleges in a lawsuit with our partners that these plants, Hunter and Huntington, violate the Regional Haze Rule by creating smog that frequently blankets popular recreation areas and natural spaces. The smog is more than just unsightly, though. It’s down right dangerous. Levels of air pollution far below the EPA’s acceptable standard are shown to have health consequences.

Please help us urge Utah to stop letting dirty coal plants pollute our air and compromise our health. The Utah regional haze plan is inadequate, and the EPA seems to think so too, judging by their letter to the Utah Department of Air Quality. Hunter and Huntington coal plants need to be permanently shut down or install pollution controls immediately.

A public hearing will be held at 10:30 AM on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Please consider participating in person at the Multi-Agency State Office Building (MASOB), located at 195 N. 1950 W. Salt Lake City, UT in the Four Corners room on the 4th floor, or electronically via Google Meet.

Public comments are open until May 31st. Make your voice heard!

Comment to: rwood@utah.gov

This PSA courtesy of UPHE.