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EPA granted Avenal Power Center, LLC, a CAA PSD permit for the construction of the Avenal Energy Project.
EPA granted Avenal Power Center, LLC, a CAA PSD permit for the construction of the Avenal Energy Project.
EPA entered into a proposed consent decree in Sierra Club v. Jackson, No. 1; 11-cv-00636 (D.D.C.), that requires the Agency to respond to a petition seeking its objection to a CAA Title V operating renewal permit issued to the Edwardsport Generating Station in Knox County, Indiana, by September 30, 2011.
EPA entered into a proposed consent decree in WildEarth Guardians v. Jackson, No. 1:11-cv-00461 (D.N.M.), that requires the Agency to respond to a petition seeking its objection to a CAA Title V operating permit issued to the San Juan Generating Station near Farmington, New Mexico, by February 15, 2012.
EPA entered into a proposed settlement agreement under the CAA in Allied Energy Co. v. EPA, No. 10-1146 (D.C. Cir.), that requires the Agency to propose rulemaking by December 31, 2011, that will allow the continued production of diesel fuel for use in older technology locomotive and marine engines.
EPA determined that the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico failed to submit SIPs that address the requirements of the 2006 24-hour fine particulate matter NAAQS.
EPA proposed technical revisions to the electronics manufacturing and the petroleum and natural gas systems source categories of the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule.
EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finalized rules to establish a comprehensive program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption for on-road heavy-duty vehicles that will go into effect with the 2014 model year.
United States v. City of Newburgh, No. 08 Civ. 7378 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 12, 2011). Under a modified consent decree, additional settling CERCLA PRPs must pay $200,400 in U.S. response costs incurred at the Consolidated Iron and Metal Company Superfund site in Newburgh, New York.
United States v. Links at Columbia, LP, No. 2:11-cv-04232-NKL (W.D. Mo. Aug. 31, 2011). Settling CWA defendants that violated NPDES stormwater permit requirements at a residential development in Columbia, Missouri, must pay a $430,000 civil penalty.
United States v. CDS Investment Co., No. 2:11-cv-5696 (E.D. Pa. Sept. 12, 2011). Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the AIW Frank/Mid-County Mustang Superfund site near Exton, Pennsylvania, must pay $830,000 in response costs incurred at the site to the United States and Pennsylvania and must pay 65% of any insurance policy proceeds received to the United States.