New Jersey Asks Feds to Make Pennsylvania Coal-fired Plant Cut SO2 Emissions

摘要

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on May 12 petitioned the federal government to mandate a reduction in air pollution from RRI Energy's power plant in Pennsylvania, located just across the Delaware River from Knowlton Township in Warren County. Commissioner Bob Martin announced he signed a petition under Section 126 of the federal Clean Air Act to ask the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to force the polluting plant to cut down on its emissions. Prevailing winds carry the discharges directly into New Jersey. The emissions are known to cause adverse health effects, including asthma and respiratory failure, and environmental impacts such as acid rain. Previous efforts by New Jersey to reduce the pollution from this plant have been unsuccessful.