BATON ROUGE (CN) - The NRG Energy electric plant Louisiana Generating will pay $14 million in fines and environmental-improvement projects to settle pollution claims.
Justice Department officials heralded the settlement Tuesday as the largest Clean Air Act agreement in Louisiana history.
The government had sued the company in 2009 over the Big Cajun II coal-fired power plant in New Roads, La.
Assistant Attorney General Ignacia Moreno called Big Cajun II Power Plant "the largest source of illegal air pollution in Louisiana."
It had faced claims that it violated federal and state law by operating Big Cajun II Units 1 and 2 without the required permits, and that it should have installed modern air pollution controls after undergoing the largest boiler modifications in the history of the plant.
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Plant Pays $14M to Settle Louisiana Pollution Suit
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment