December 03, 2015
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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The Sierra Club, Air Alliance Houston, Environmental Integrity Project, and Texas Campaign for the Environment (collectively, “Sierra Club”) filed a lawsuit in the district Court of Travis County, Texas against the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) alleging that the agency has missed an 18-month deadline to take final action on certain Clean Air Act pending applications for new or renewed Clean Air Act Title V permits.
TCEQ has been delegated the authority to issue Title V permits for major sources in Texas.
The Petition lists the following pending applications for which TCEQ has allegedly missed the 18-month deadline:
- Permit No. 026, for Southwestern Electric Power Company’s Welsh Power Plant
- Permit No. 01541, for BP Products North America Inc.’s Texas City Refinery
- Permit No. 01386, for Motiva Enterprises LLC’s Port Arthur Refinery
- Permit No. 01229, for ExxonMobil Corporation’s Baytown Refinery
- Permit No. 01445, for Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi, LLC’s Corpus Christi East Refinery
- Permit No. 01513, for BP Amoco Chemical Company’s Texas City Chemical Plant
- Permit No. 02942, for Oak Grove Management Company’s Oak Grove Steam Electric Station; and
- Permit No. 03336, for Sandy Creek Services LLC’s Sandy Creek Energy Station
Sierra Club states that Texas law establishes a cause of action to compel TCEQ’s expeditious action on Title V applications.
Click here to download a copy of the Petition.
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