No public hearings in Kentucky on new EPA rule

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency will not host public hearings in Kentucky on its proposed new emission standards, despite a plea from the state’s senior U.S. senator.

EPA’s closest public hearing will be in an Atlanta federal building on July 29 and 30 – about a 61/2-hour drive from Union County, the state’s largest coal producer. And Kentuckians who make the drive will have to show two forms of identification to attend the hearing. That’s because Kentucky is one of 10 states whose driver’s licenses do not comply with new federal requirements.