By Associated Press
Asheville AL – An expert witness for the Tennessee Valley Authority says that little of the pollution from the utility's coal-fired power plants makes its way into North Carolina.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that Thomas Tesche also testified Thursday that power plants are only a minor contributor to the haze over the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on summer days.
Tesche, an expert in computer air dispersion modeling, testified during a federal court hearing in North Carolina's lawsuit against TVA. The lawsuit accuses TVA of allowing emissions to illegally cross state lines and into the national park.
But Tesche said the benefits of pollution-control improvements sought by the lawsuit would largely be confined to central Tennessee and northern Alabama.