EPA Agrees to Make Decision on Review Of Two Power Plant Operating Permits

摘要

The Environmental Protection Agency has settled separate lawsuits alleging the agency failed to respond within statutory deadlines to petitions objecting to operating permits issued to coal-fired power plants in Kentucky and Arkansas (Sierra Club v. Jackson, D.D.C., No. 1:09-01028, proposed consent decree announced 10/7/09; Environmental Integrity Project v. Jackson, D.D.C., No. 1:09-01025, proposed consent decree announced 10/7/09).