EPA issued a letter to Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson, Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and Sunflower Electric Power Corporation regarding the restart of permit process.
The EPA’s regional administrator stated that the redesign of this new unit, as well as public input on the new project, will need to be considered in determining the form and content of any final permit.
In May 2009, the new Governor of Kansas agreed upon a settlement with Sunflower, that allows the company to set up one 895MW unit.
Sunflower planned to construct two plants, but Rod Bremby, the state’s secretary of health and environment, denied an air-quality permit for them in 2007, mentioning their potential carbon emissions.
Previously, the company intended to construct two 700MW coal-fired electric plants next to an existing one outside Holcomb. The new plan is to set up a 895MW plant, with a capacity to meet the power demand of 448,000 households.
The company, as part of its deal with Parkinson, seeks ways to develop wind energy and seeks measures to offset potential CO2 emissions.
