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 There is also another major concern for the Forest Service in 

 Colorado. It is possible that the State of Colorado may not be able 

 to address the impacts to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems through 

 existing regulations. In response, the Forest Service requested 

 consideration of a change to the State's air quality regulations and 

 submitted language for such a proposed rule change. Others have 

 proposed legislation, which has been introduced in the State of 

 Colorado legislature, which would make it very difficult for the State 

 to remedy impairment in the Wilderness or adopt the Forest Service 

 proposed rule change. However, it is uncertain at this time whether 

 any of this legislation will be passed. In addition, the Colorado Air 

 Quality Control Commission has conducted a hearing to determine 

 whether or not to postpone a hearing on the proposed rule change and 

 consequently the rule change hearing has been continued until November 

 1994. 



Detail the Department's involvement with the impact of new powerplants 

 on the James River Face Wilderness Area in Virginia. 



Since 1989, the Forest Service has responded to nine Prevention of 

 Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit applications for power plants 

 in the Commonwealth of Virginia. In three cases, the Forest Service 

 made adverse impact determinations to provide for protection of air 

 quality related values (AQRV's) within the James River Face 

 Wilderness . 



The Forest Service made it's first two adverse impact determinations 

 in 1991 on the Multitrade and Old Dominion Electric Cooperative draft 

 permits. The third adverse impact determination was made in 1992 on 



