The American Electric Power Company, Inc., could lay off 600 workers and close five plants in the U.S., as a result of new rules for coal-fired power plants proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Strict regulations being considered by the EPA to limit emissions of mercury, lead and other toxins from coal-fired plants could take effect in 3 1/2 years, a timeline AEP called "unrealistic." In order to meet the rules in time, the company said, it would have to close plants in Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia by the end of 2014 and retire generating units at plants in five states as soon as by the end of 2012.
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