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N.J. threatens to sue over Pa. power plant.(News)

Publication: Waste News
Date: Monday, December 18 2006

Byline: Joe Truini

New Jersey is threatening to sue the federal government for allegedly ignoring clean air laws regarding the permitting of a Reliant Energy Inc. coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania.

Attorney General Stuart Rabner has formally notified the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of his state's intent to sue. The state objects to the proposed five-year Title V operating permit for the Portland Generating Station, owned by Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic Power Holdings LLC, directly across the Delaware River from Warren County, N.J., and within on

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