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Exec council delays air panel reappointment

The Executive Council has put the reappointment of the presiding officer of the state Air Resources Council on hold, an action that may delay deliberations over whether to allow installation of a mercury scrubber at Public Service of New Hampshire's coal-burning power plant in Bow.

On Wednesday, some members of the council asked to postpone voting on the reappointment of Raymond Donald, citing a potential conflict of interest.

For his part, Donald – who worked as a quality assurance manager at the Seabrook nuclear power plant when it was owned by PSNH -- said that the council might cancel a meeting of the council that was scheduled to be held Monday. The meeting agenda included – among other things – a vote over whether Donald should be disqualified from participating in the scrubber decision.

";It's scheduled, but I'm not sure if it will be held, because my term expired Oct, 24,"; Donald told NHBR   Read Full Article...