Shuler urges TVA to improve air quality in Smokies
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February 15, 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) -- North Carolina Congressman Heath Shuler is pressing TVA to improve air quality in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The 35-year-old Democrat grew up in Swain County, in the North Carolina mountains.
He was a quarterback for the University of Tennessee before he turned pro.
TVA President and CEO Tom Kilgore told the House water resources subcommittee Wednesday that the agency plans to spend $350 million installing scrubbers and other technology to reduce haze and smog-forming pollutants at its John Sevier plant in Rogersville, Tennessee. Kilgore told Shuler TVA will continue to clean the air.Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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