Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 6.09.2007

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("Act"), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree, to address a lawsuit filed by Sierra Club ("Plaintiff") in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin: Sierra Club v. Johnson, No. 07-C-0154-S (W.D. WI). Plaintiff filed a deadline suit to compel the Administrator to respond to two administrative petitions seeking EPA's objection to CAA Title V operating permits issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to Louisiana Pacific Corporation's Tomahawk facility and the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Walnut Street Heating Plant. Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, EPA has agreed to respond to Plaintiff's petitions within ten (10) days after the entry of this decree by the Court, and Plaintiff has agreed to dismiss their suit with prejudice. In addition, EPA has agreed to pay Plaintiff a specified amount in settlement for attorneys' fees in this matter.