Kentucky Coal Ass'n v. Tennessee Valley Authority

ELR Citation: 45 ELR 20030
No(s). 4:14CV-00073-JHM (W.D. Ky. Feb 3, 2015) (McKinley Jr.)

A district court held that TVA did not violate NEPA when it decided to replace two coal-fired power generators with a natural gas-fueled power generating plant. TVA was replacing the generators to comply with mercury and air toxics standards. It issued an EA and FONSI for the project, and a coal ass...