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[[Image:Coal plant on mesa.jpg|thumb|right|Coal plant on Black Mesa]]One of the largest coal-fired generating stations in the United States, Four Corners is located on Navajo land in Fruitland, New Mexico. The plant’s five units generate 2,040 megawatts of electricity and are operated by [[Arizona Public Service Company]], which serves about 300,000 homes in New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Texas.<ref>[http://www.pnm.com/systems/4c.htm Four Corners Power Plant,] PNM website</ref> A 2007 article in CorpWatch reported that the The American Lung Association estimates had estimated that 16,000 people in the region (15 percent of the population) suffers suffer from lung disease probably caused by plant emissions. <ref>Jeff Conant, [http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14435 "Speaking Diné to Dirty Power: Navajo Challenge New Coal-Fired Plant,"] CorpWatch, April 3, 2007</ref> Each year the plant emits 157 million pounds of [[Sulfur dioxide and coal|sulfur dioxide]], 122 million pounds of nitrogen oxides, 8 million pounds of soot and 2,000 pounds of [[Mercury and coal|mercury]]. The plant's five burners utilize [[scrubber]] technology to reduce sulfur dioxide and were installed in the 1960s.<ref>[http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/industrial/special/fossil/sites/nn-visit.pdf EPA Site Visit Report Coal Combustion Waste Minefill Management Practices], U.S. EPA December 13, 2001.</ref>