Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, August 13, 1994 TAG: 9408150043
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: HARRISONBURG LENGTH: Short
Monitoring stations already are in place in the national park, in part to examine whether the goals of the 1990 Clean Air Act are being met. The act set a cap on sulfur dioxide emissions and reduced by 3 million tons the limit on nitrogen oxide emissions.
Critics of the Disney development, to be built near Haymarket, say it will increase pollution by attracting millions of visitors each year.
During a meeting Thursday that focused on park operations, officials discussed recent recommendations on the stations' future operations from the Park Service's Air Quality Division.
``Every year they want to remove both the Dickey Ridge and Saw Mill Run stations and every year they decide to leave them,'' said Julie Thomas, a Park Service environmental specialist.
``Because Dickey Ridge is so close to where they want to put Disney, we will probably keep that one. But Saw Mill is so predictable, the latest proposal has us shutting that down.''
Thomas also said the Dickey Ridge station had the advantage of being the least predictable of the stations and was a good mid-elevation station.
by CNB