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"[The scrubbers are] going to provide a different look to the skylineIn Feb. The plume will look different2011," said Phil Moye, spokesman for American Electric Power subsidiary Appalachian Power. "I describe it as a rolling, billowy, cloud-like plume. It's white. It will come from the new stack that was constructed as a part of said the projectupgrades were complete."<ref>[http://www.dailymailsundaygazettemail.com/News/Business/200903080488?page=1&build=cache 201102191133 "American Electric fires up new scrubber at John Amos plant,Appalachian Power completes $2B in environmental investments"] George HohmannAP Press, ''Charleston Daily Mail''Feb. 19, accessed November 5, 20092011.</ref>
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“The AEP settlement will have an unprecedented impact on air quality in the eastern United States,” said Ronald J. Tenpas, acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division. “This settlement is a major victory for the environment and public health, and it demonstrates our continued commitment to vigorous enforcement of the Clean Air Act.”<ref>[http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/cases/civil/caa/americanelectricpower-infosht1007.html "American Electric Power Service Corporation Information Sheet,"] U.S. EPA, accessed November 5, 2009</ref>
American Electric installed three "scrubbers" at its largest power-generating unit at its [[John Amos Plant]] in West Virginia. The total cost of the project is estimated to be $1.04 billion. <ref>[http://www.dailymail.com/Business/200903080488?page=1&build=cache "American Electric fires up new scrubber at John Amos plant,"] George Hohmann, ''Charleston Daily Mail'', accessed November 5, 2009</ref>
==Amos ranked 41st on list of most polluting power plants in terms of coal waste==
