Środowisko i energia · 06/05/2010

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("CAA"), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree, to address a lawsuit filed by Sierra Club and WildEarth Guardians in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia: Sierra Club, et al. v. Jackson, No. 1:10-cv-133- (PLF) (D. DC). On January 27, 2010, Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint to compel EPA to take final action on the State Implementation Plan ("SIP") infrastructure submittals for Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Louisiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming with regard to the 1997 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards ("NAAQS") as required by section 110(k)(2) of the CAA. Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, EPA has agreed to take final action no later than April 29, 2011.