Basin Electric announced Tuesday that the tentative settlement comes in its lawsuit against the EPA over the agency's attempts to reduce haze from coal-fired power plants in Wyoming.
During demolition activities, a significant amount of asbestos-contaminated pipe insulation was stripped from equipment and disposed at the site in Thermopolis.
The Wyoming House of Representatives has voted to consider a bill that is aimed at curbing what some feel are over-reaching federal environmental polices.
U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis voted for and the House passed H.R. 5078: the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014 Tuesday.