Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 07/10/2009

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 Environmental Integrity Project and Sierra Club (collectively "Plaintiffs") in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia: Environmental Integrity Project, et al. v. Jackson, No. 1:09-cv-01025- EGS (D.D.C). On June 2, 2009, Plaintiffs filed a deadline suit to compel the Administrator to respond to an administrative petition seeking EPA's objection to a CAA Title V operating permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to Southwestern Electric Power Company (a unit of American Electric Power) for the operation of the John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant. Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, EPA has agreed to respond to the petition by December 15, 2009.