Administrative Judges Recommend Approval Of State Permit for Coal-Fired Power Plant

摘要

Two state administrative law judges Feb. 8 recommended the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approve two air quality permits for a new coal-fired power plant at the Coleto Creek Power Station site in Goliad and Victoria counties.rnHowever, the judges excluded evidence offered by environmental groups on global warming and greenhouse gases, concluding that it was not legally relevant because TCEQ "has no rules regulating emissions for purposes of avoiding or reducing global warming. Also, it has consistently declined to regulate [carbon dioxide] ad hoc through the state preconstruction or PSD permitting programs."