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Court halts construction on SWEPCO plant

  • Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 19 2011

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in Sierra Club v. U.S. Army Corps of Eng’rs, Nos. 10-3452 7 & 10-3456, 2011 WL 2718144 (8th Cir. July 14, 2011), upheld a preliminary injunction obtained by the Sierra Club against Southwestern Electric Power Company to stop construction of its new coal-fired power plant

EPA finalizes cross-state air pollution rule

  • Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 11 2011

On July 7, 2011, the EPA finalized the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), which will replace the Clean Air Interstate Rule

New EPA rule for confidential business information reported with greenhouse gas data

  • Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 8 2011

The EPA has issued a new rule (effective July 25, 2011) that replaces case-by-case designations of confidential business information (“CBI”) for purposes of making reports under the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule, 40 C.F.R. part 98

Federal appeals court reverses $1 billion air pollution judgment against TVA coal-fired power plants

  • Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 10 2010

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently reversed a controversial district court decision that allowed third parties to use the court system to establish emission standards that could conflict with the requirements of the Clean Air Act

Federal district court rules in favor of coal-fired power plant and against government in prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) lawsuit

  • Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 14 2010

Following a bench trial, a federal district court in the Sixth Circuit decided that the replacement of the economizer and superheater sections at a coal-fired power plant fell within the routine maintenance, repair, and replacement (RMRR) exception to PSD regulations

Federal district court dismisses PSD claims seeking civil penalties as time-barred

  • Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 14 2010

A federal district court recently answered a common question in PSDNSR enforcement litigation: When is it too late to sue for civil penalties related to a major modification?