Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 28.10.2009

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 the American Nurses Association, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc., Conservation Law Foundation, Environment America, Environmental Defense Fund, Izaak Walton League of America, Natural Resources Council of Maine, Natural Resources Defense Council, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Sierra Club, The Ohio Environmental Council, and Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc. (collectively "Plaintiffs") in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia: American Nurses Association, et al. v. Jackson, No. 1:08-cv-02198 (RMC) (D. DC). On December 18, 2008, Plaintiffs filed a complaint alleging that EPA failed to perform a non- discretionary duty to promulgate final maximum achievable control technology emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units ("EGUs or power plants"), pursuant to CAA section 112(d), by the statutorily-mandated deadline. Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, EPA shall, no later than March 16, 2011, sign for publicat