United States v. Cinergy Corp.

ELR Citation: ELR 20167
No(s). 06-1224 (7th Cir. Aug 17, 2006)

The court holds that coal-fired electric power plants must obtain a permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make modifications that will increase annual emissions even if the modifications do not increase hourly emissions. The regulation at issue, 40 C.F.R. §52.21, require...