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...

A district court denied a company's motion to dismiss an environmental group's CAA citizen suit against it for building seven compressor stations without first obtaining a nonattainment new source review permit. The company claimed that it properly applied for and received less stringent permits fro...

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed a lower court decision dismissing the state environmental agency's contribution action against a dry cleaner under the New Jersey Spill Compensation and Control Act to recover costs incurred in investigating and remediating PCE-contaminated groundwater. The a...

A district court held that reheater replacements at a Louisiana power plant constitute a major modification and do not qualify for the routine maintenance, repair or replacement exception to the CAA's PSD provisions. In Wisconsin Electric Power Co. v. Reilly, 893 F.3d 901, 20 ELR 20414 (7th Cir. 199...

The court denied Vermont's motion to dismiss automobile manufacturers' claims that the state's greenhouse gas regulations are either preempted by or violate the Clean Air Act and the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Vermont's regulations are identical to California's standards, which have yet to ...