Środowisko i energia · 30.07.2004

Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("CAA" or the "Act"), 42 U.S.C. section 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement to address a lawsuit filed by Glynn Environmental Coalition, Inc. and the Center for a Sustainable Coast, Inc. (collectively, "Plaintiffs"): Glynn Environmental Coalition, Inc. v. EPA, No. 2:04-CV-00013 (S.D. Ga.). On January 26, 2004, Plaintiffs filed a complaint against Defendants United States Environmental Protection Agency and Michael O. Leavitt, Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (collectively, "EPA") claiming that EPA failed to grant or deny an administrative petition (the "Petition") to object to a CAA title V operating permit issued by the State of Georgia for the Hercules, Inc. facility in Brunswick, Georgia. Under the terms of the proposed settlement agreement, a "window" between 30 and 120 days from signature of the agreement would be established for EPA to sign an order granting or denying the Petition.