Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 10

NEVADA ioa; RENO FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2007 You Won't Believe What's Included EPA questions BLM study of proposed state coal plant x-j if Agency wonders if Southwest depends too much on Nevada for power resources 1 5 (1 I 1 that its environmental study was too incomplete to determine whether the project would need additional environmental mitigation. Environmentalists said the language in the letter is clear. "The EPA is really screaming at the BLM in their own bureaucratic way," said Charles Benjamin, director of the Nevada office of Western Resource Advocates. "The failure to evaluate a real demand out there for this plant is glaring. LS Power admits that it doesn't have a customer for the electricity from this plant." Eric Crawford, director of project development for LS Power, acknowledges that the plant does not have agreements to sell its energy, but said it will sell to "investor-owned utilities, rural electric cooperatives and municipal electric utilities," and he sees a need for new coal-fired power generation in Nevada.

CARSON CITY (AP) The federal Environmental Protection Agency is questioning whether Nevada is shouldering too much of the burden of generating power for the Southwest. The question should be answered before the Bureau of Land Management approves another coal-fired power plant in the state, the EPA suggests in a letter to the Bureau of Land Management. The EPA's comments come as the BLM is revising an environmental impact statement for the White Pine Energy Station, a proposed coal-fired power plant in eastern Nevada. The BLM, which owns the land on which the plant would be built, should iden tify who would purchase the power, enough for nearly 1.2 million homes, and evaluate the trade-offs between the need for more power and damage to the environment, the EPA advised. LS Power of New Jersey proposed the White Pine plant but has not identified who will buy its electricity.

Sierra Pacific Resources, the parent company of the utilities that provide power to Southern Nevada and the Reno area, and New York-based developer Sithe Global Power also have proposed large, coal-fired power plants in eastern Nevada. In a letter signed by Nova Blazej, environmental review manager in San Francisco, the EPA also complained to the BLM 4 1 Wbbw' Spectacular views, distinctive architecture, a choice of executive finishes including granite countertops and islands, stainless steel appliances, wine chillers, tilestone flooring, jetted tubs, dual shower heads, tilestone baths, etc. Plus all finished homes include: Rear yard landscaping included $10,000 closing cost credit included Convertible golf membership included Golf cart included One year's homeowners dues included Montana's 8,000 sq. ft. fitness recreation center including pool, tennis, cardio room, aerobics room and massages.

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Four people were wounded and one person was hurt in a rush to exits after a gunman opened fire at the New York-New York casino early July 6. LAS VEGAS (AP) A comment about a woman and a fistfight preceded a weekend shooting that left two bystanders wounded at Caesars Palace, police said Thursday. Richard Earl Shepherd, 34, surrendered Wednesday and was being held at the Clark County jail pending a Friday court appearance on warrant charges of attempted murder, weapons possesions, battery and assault in the shooting at the Las Vegas Strip casino. The shooting happened just after 4 a.m. Saturday, after a fight involving at least six men and two women near the elevators to the casino parking garage, police said.

"There was a comment about the woman he was with," said Officer Jose Montoya, a Las Vegas police spokesman. Shepherd was punched in the face and fell down, Montoya said, adding that casino security videotapes show Shepherd becoming increasingly agitated after the fight. Police said the videos, which have not been made public, show Shepherd boarding an elevator with the woman and going to the third floor of the parking structure, retrieving a gun and returning to the scene of the fight. Shepherd opened fire when the elevator doors opened, Montoya said, adding that as many as six shots might have been fired. Neither of the wounded men, mm i I MONTEREY CHASE i Warning: The Nevada Department of Real Estate has not inspected, examined, or evaluated this offer iraj.

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