Wildearth Guardians v. Lamar Utilities Board

ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20212
No(s). 1:09-cv-02974-DME-BNB (D. Colo. Sep 28, 2012) (Ebel, J.)

A district court held that utilities violated CAA §112(g) by upgrading an existing power plant in Lamar, Colorado, from a natural gas-fired plant into a coal-fired one without receiving a maximum achievable control technology (MACT) determination. When the state environmental agency first issued th...