L-40 takes pride in environmental work

Members install control systems at Kentucky power station

A CREW FROM LOCAL 40 (Elizabethtown, Ky.) celebrates their work on East Kentucky Power’s John Sherman Cooper Station in Somerset, Ky., by displaying a banner made specifically for the project.

BM-ST Mike Autry said at peak about 170 Boilermakers worked on the job, which involved installation of a bag house, dry scrubber, air heater, and SCR. The project, performed by Enerfab, began in August 2010 and is scheduled for completion in June of 2012.