Stricter EPA regulations are forcing some changes at the city's municipal light and power (ML&P) plant.

The regulations, which take effect in May 2013, require lower CO emissions and more stringent maintenance and record keeping. Four of the seven engines in the power plant are affected by the RICE (Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines) regulations.

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Early Tuesday morning, young J.D. TenNapel and his dad James were scheduled to board a flight bound for a Shriners burn center hospital for advanced, specialized care of J.D.'s second-degree burns.

J.D., a 15-year-old quarterback on his school football team, received the injuries during efforts to warn neighbors of a wildland fire outbreak in their Surface Creek Road neighborhood northwest of Cedaredge on June 8.

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