HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — A crew is finishing the installation of a refined coal system at the Whelan Energy Center transfer tower.

The Hastings Tribune reports that it moves Hastings Utilities closer to meeting an important Environmental Protection Agency standard.

Treating the coal means the coal-fired plant near Hastings addresses the agency’s Mercury and Air Toxic Standards, which has a 2016 deadline. The refined coal process reduces nitrogen oxides, mercury and sulfur dioxide emissions.

The refined coal construction job is the second for Springfield-based company CETC.