Information related to notices for intent to sue received by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
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01/18/2016 CAA, Appleton Coated, LLC and Wisconsin Paper Council, Inc. (PDF)(3 pp, 87 K)
Failure to grant or deny a petition regarding the Title V Operating Permit to Appleton Coated. LLC. for a plant in Wisconsin.
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12/29/2016 CAA, Douglas Lindamood 5130 Falcon Ridge Road Roanoke, Virginia 24018 (PDF)(26 pp, 766 K)
For unreasonable delay in completing alleged mandatory duties to notify states and vehicle owners about alleged violations of state implementation plans
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12/22/2016, CAA, Sierra Club and Environmental Integrity Project (PDF)(9 pp, 662 K)
Failure to grant or deny a petition to object to a proposed Title V Operating Permit for Wheelabrator Frackville Energy, Inc. power plant in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
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01/21/2016 CAA, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (PDF)(3 pp, 299 K)
Failure to timely respond to 2013 petition regarding the Ozone Transport.
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01/21/2016 CAA, Seneca County, Inc. (PDF)(17 pp, 2 MB)
For failure to timely grant or deny Petition to Object to the proposed Title V Operating Permit issued to Seneca Energy, II LLC for operation of the Landfill Gas to Energy Facility located in Seneca Falls, Seneca County, New York.
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01/28/2016 CAA, Plant Oil Powered Diesel Fuel Systems, Inc. (PDF)(4 pp, 411 K)
For failure to properly regulate fuel, particularly renewable diesel.
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02/10/2016 CAA, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Clean Wisconsin, Center for Food Safety, The Humane Society of the United States, the Association of Irritated Residents, Food & Water Watch, and the Environmental Integrity Project (PDF)(6 pp, 969 K)
For unreasonable delay in responding to our April 5, 2011 petition for the Regulation of Ammonia as a Criteria Pollutant Under Clean Air Act Sections 108 and 109.
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02/12/2016 CAA, Center for Biological Diversity and Elizabeth Crowe (PDF)(2 pp, 31 K)
For failure to make “bump up” determinations for various marginal non-attainment areas for the 2008 ozone NAAQS.
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02/16/2016 CAA, WildEarth Guardians (PDF)(3 pp, 449 K)
Failure to determine that the Denver Metropolitan/North Front Range area of Colorado failed to attain the 2008 ozone NAAQS by the attainment date of July 20, 2015.
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03/01/2016 CWA, Puyallup Tribe of Indians (PDF)(14 pp, 1 MB)
NOI regarding alleged mandatory duty to promulgate WQS in Washington State
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03/24/2016 CAA, Sierra Club (PDF)(4 pp, 683 K)
Amended NOI for the failure to promulgate a FIP within two years of partially disapproving Louisiana's June 13, 2008 Regional Haze SIP
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02/18/2016 CAA, Bill Green (PDF)(2 pp, 339 K)
Failure to issue a part 71 permit in response to EPA’s order granting in part a petition to object to the Hanford permit and the state’s failure to respond to that order
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04/06/2016 CAA, Citizens for Clean Air and the Sierra Club (PDF)(4 pp, 315 K)
Failure to issue a full or partial approval or a disapproval of the State of Alaska’s state implementation plan addressing the Fairbanks North Star Borough 24-hour fine particulate matter non-attainment area
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04/07/2016 CWA, Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PDF)(4 pp, 1 MB)
Allegation EPA failed to fulfill mandatory duty to approve or disapprove Virginia's 2014 303(d) list.
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04/08/2016 CAA, Community In-Power and Development Association Inc., Hoosier Environmental Council, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, and the Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment (PDF)(4 pp, 2 MB)
For failure to issue standards or final residual risk determinations for various major sources of hazardous air pollutants categories. Also for failure to review and revise as necessary emission standards promulgated every 8 years.
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04/18/2016 CAA, States of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont (PDF)(3 pp, 409 K)
Failure to Act on their Petitions Under Clean Air Act Section 176A
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04/27/2016 CAA, Sierra Club, Medical Advocates for Healthy Air, Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles, WildEarth Guardians, and Center for Biological Diversity (PDF)(4 pp, 578 K)
For failure to perform non-discretionary duties related to the implementation of the 1997 NAAQS PM2.5 in the Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin, CA nonattainment area
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04/04/2016 CWA, Sierra Club, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, West Virginia Rivers Coalition (PDF)(4 pp, 483 K)
Allegation EPA failed to fulfill mandatory duty to approve or disapprove West Virginia's 2014 303(d) list.
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04/27/2016 CAA, Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Environmental Health (PDF)(4 pp, 46 K)
For failure to timely review, revise and promulgate the Air Quality Criteria for Sulfur Oxides and the NAAQS for Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides as may be appropriate
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04/27/2016 CAA, Finger Lakes Zero Waste Coalition, Inc (PDF)(2 pp, 326 K)
For fai lure to perform nondiscretionary duty under the CAA to respond to Petition filed on or about February 8, 2016, requesting that the Administrator object to the Title V operating permit for the Seneca Energy II, LLC, Ontario County Landfill Gas to Energy · Facility
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05/17/2016 CAA, Center for Biological Diversity, the Center for Environmental Health, and the Clean Air Council (PDF)(19 pp, 84 K)
Deadline suit for failure to submit and failure to act on 2008 ozone attainment SIPs
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03/07/2016 CWA, Conservation Law Foundation (PDF)(5 pp, 787 K)
Notice of intent to sue EPA for failure to establish a Lake Champlain phosphorus TMDL within 30 days of disapproving VT's 2002 TMDL (January 24, 2011).
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04/01/2016 CWA, The Sierra Club, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, and Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (PDF)(31 pp, 13 MB)
NOI from environmental groups alleging that EPA failed to perform a mandatory duty under 303(c) to review an alleged revision to West Virginia’s water quality standards. ” The NOI states that West Virginia permitting guidance effectively revises the biological integrity standard by exempting NPDES mining permits from the standard.
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06/06/2016 CAA, Sierra Club (PDF)(3 pp, 27 K)
For failure to promulgate Federal Implementation Plan for Kentucky Good Neighbor provision
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05/11/2016 CAA, Toni Offner and Cynthia Portera (PDF)(2 pp, 328 K)
Failure to grant or deny a petition to object to the Title V air permit issued to Bunge North America Inc. for construction activities at its grain elevator in Destrehan, Louisiana.
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06/09/2016 CAA, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Sierra Club, Environmental Integrity Project and Physicians for Social Responsibility, Chesapeake, Inc. (PDF)(3 pp, 335 K)
For failure to timely grant or deny a petition to object to the Title V operating permit for the Morgantown Generating Station
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06/30/2016 CAA, State of New York (PDF)(2 pp, 369 K)
Failure to perform non-discretionary duty to promulgate Federal Implementation Plan for Kentucky's Good Neighbor provision requirements for the 2008 ozone NAAQS
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07/01/2016 CAA, Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Environmental Health (PDF)(7 pp, 57 K)
For failure to perform multiple mandatory duties with regard to PM2.5
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07/06/2016 CAA, Sierra Club (PDF)(3 pp, 2 MB)
Failure to perform a nondiscretionary duty to grant or deny petition seeking an objection to Proposed Title V Permit for the operation of PacifiCorp's Hunter Power Plant located in Castle Dale, Utah
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07/07/2016 CAA, Sierra Club (PDF)(7 pp, 757 K)
Failure to perform a non-discretionary duty to grant or deny petition seeking an objection to Proposed Title V Permit for the operation of Scrubgrass Generating Company L.P. facility located near Kennerdell, Pennsylvania
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07/05/2016 CAA, Environmental Integrity Project, Air Alliance Houston, Environment Texas, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Downwinders at Risk, Neighbors for Neighbors, Public Citizen's Texas Office and the SEED Coalition (PDF)(58 pp, 2 MB)
For unreasonable delay in responding to Petition for EPA action to address startup, shutdown, and maintenance exemptions in revised permits for Texas coal-fired power plants
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07/18/2016 CAA, Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Environmental Health (PDF)(4 pp, 40 K)
For failure to perform mandatory duties for PM2.5
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07/21/2016 CWA, Municipality of San Juan (PDF)(3 pp, 1 MB)
Notice of Intent to Sue for aerial spraying of pesticides in Puerto Rico to combat the Zika Virus.
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05/01/2016 CWA, West Virginia Coal Association (PDF)(12 pp, 2 MB)
Faillure to take action on revisions to WV NPDES program
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10/31/2016 CWA, ESA, Center for Biological Diversity and Northwest Environmental Advocates (PDF)(81 pp, 15 MB)
Notice of Violations of the Endangered Species Act Regarding Approval of Water Quality Standards in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Connecticut
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12/20/2016 CWA, EPA (PDF)(6 pp, 67 K)
Mandatory duty challenge to Region 5 demanding that they act on Ohio's 2016 303(d) list
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12/07/2016 MPRSA, New York Department of State, New York Department of Environmental Conservation (PDF)(6 pp, 265 K)
NOI regarding EPA designation of Eastern Long Island Sounds dredged material disposal site.
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11/23/2016 CAA, Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, and Air Alliance Houston (PDF)(32 pp, 5 MB)
For Failure to Timely Grant or Deny a Petition to Object to Part 70 Operating Permit No. 01553 Issued to the ExxonMobil Corporation for the Baytown Olefins Plant in Harris County, Texas
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11/04/2016 CAA, Center for Biological Diversity; Center for Environmental Health (PDF)(4 pp, 40 K)
For failure to perform a mandatory duty with regard to PM2.5 to protect the North Coast Air Quality Management District in California
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11/04/2016 CAA, Valero Energy Corporation (PDF)(12 pp, 9 MB)
For failure to perform non-discretionary duties which relate to defining the obligated party for the RFS program
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11/03/2016 CAA, Climate Change Law Foundation; Association of Irritated Residents; Center for Biological Diversity; Sierra Club (PDF)(8 pp, 662 K)
Failed to grant or deny a petition to object to a proposed Authority to Construct/Certificate of Conformity ("Permit") for a Steam Plant in the McKittrick Oil Field in California
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10/28/2016 CWA, Northwest Environmental Advocates (PDF)(5 pp, 456 K)
Mandatory duty lawsuit against Oregon to approve or disapprove the state's 2012 303(d) list.
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10/14/2016 CAA, The Humane Society of the United States, Association of Irritated Residents, Environmental Integrity Project, Friends of the Earth, and Sierra Club (PDF)(140 pp, 25 MB)
For Unreasonable Delay in Responding to a Petition for the Regulation of CAFOs under the Clean Air Act
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09/29/2016 CWA, ESA, Center for Biological Diversity and Northwest Environmental Advocates (PDF)(81 pp, 15 MB)
Notice of Violations of the Endangered Species Act Regarding Approval of Water Quality Standards in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Connecitcut
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10/14/2016 CAA, Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, Air Alliance Houston, and Environment Texas (PDF)(5 pp, 969 K)
For Unreasonable Delay and Failure to Perform a Non-Discretionary Duty to Revise and Re-Issue or Deny Three Title V Permits Issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (Shell Deer Park Chemical Plant, Shell Deer Park Refinery, and SWEPCO's I-1. W. Pirkey Power Plant)
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10/13/2016 CAA, Sierra Club (PDF)(3 pp, 1 MB)
Concerning Clean Air Act deadlines related to Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incinerators and other categories of Solid Waste Incinerators
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10/12/2016 CAA, Sierra Club (PDF)(9 pp, 736 K)
For failure to grant or deny a petition seeking an objection by EPA to the Title V Operating Permit renewal for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Gallatin Fossil Plant
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09/22/2016 CWA, George Barto, Beth Barto, and citizens of Borough of Blairsville PA (PDF)(13 pp, 5 MB)
Failure to perform nondiscretionary duty
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10/06/2016 CAA, New England Gen-Connect, LLC (PDF)(2 pp, 292 K)
For failure to respond to petition regarding “Control of Emissions from New, Small Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines and Equipment” to take action to remedy violations of the Act by certain generator conversion kit companies.
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09/23/2016 ESA, Northwest Environmental Advocates (PDF)(9 pp, 94 K)
Notice of intent to allege violations Endangered Species Act consultation provisions for administration of nonpoint source grant funds
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09/21/2016 SDWA, Perry Lee Oil & Gas Company (PDF)(2 pp, 70 K)
Texas business-owner is asking EPA to weigh in on his legal dispute with several oil companies and the Texas Railroad Commission.
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09/14/2016 CAA, Center for Biological Diversity, the Center for Environmental Health, and the Clean Air Council (PDF)(4 pp, 41 K)
For failure to take final action and failure to make findings of failure to submit for 2008 ozone NAAQS nonattainment areas state implementation plans
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08/25/2016 CAA, Sierra Club (PDF)(6 pp, 511 K)
Failure to grant or deny a petition seeking an objection by EPA to the Title V Operating Permit proposed by the Western North Carolina Regional Air Quality Agency for Duke Energy Progress, Inc.’s Asheville Steam Electric Plant in Buncombe County, North Carolina
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08/25/2016 CAA, Sierra Club (PDF)(6 pp, 512 K)
failure to grant or deny a petition seeking an objection by EPA to the Title V Operating Permit proposed by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality for Duke Energy Progress, LLC’s Roxboro Steam Electric Plant in Caswell County, North Carolina
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08/22/2016 CWA, Columbia Riverkeeper, Idaho Rivers United, Snake River Waterkeeper, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, and the Institute for Fisheries Resources (PDF)(7 pp, 272 K)
Alleging non-discretionary duty to establish TMDL for temperature on Lower Columbia River
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08/16/2016 CAA, Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Environmental Health (PDF)(4 pp, 40 K)
For failure to perform a mandatory duty with regard to PM2.5 to protect the state of Wisconsin
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07/21/2016 CAA, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Sierra Club and Environmental Integrity Project (PDF)(3 pp, 265 K)
For unreasonable delay in responding to petition requesting that EPA reconsider its final action on the startup and shutdown provisions from the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
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08/03/2016 CAA, Citizens for Clean Air and Sierra Club (PDF)(4 pp, 105 K)
For failure to determine whether the Fairbanks North Star Borough non-attainment area has attained the 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS and to publish notice of that finding in the Federal Register, in addition to potentially reclassification of the area as a “serious” non-attainment area “no later than 6 months following the attainment date.
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12/20/2016 CWA Alliance for the Great Lakes; Lake Erie Charter Boat Association; Lake Erie Foundation; Michigan League of Conservation Voters; Michigan United Conservation Clubs; National Wildlife Federation; Ohio Environmental Council (PDF)(3 pp, 397 K)
Notice of intent to sue
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12/20/2016 CWA Alliance for the Great Lakes, Lake Erie Charter Boat Association, Lake Erie Foundation, Michigan League of Conservation Voters, Michigan United Conservation Clubs, National Wildlife Federation, Ohio Environmental Council (PDF)(6 pp, 67 K)
Notice of Intent to File a Citizen Suit under the Clean Water Act
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02/26/2016 CERCLA, CWA, RCRA, FTCA, State of Utah (PDF)(5 pp, 1 MB)
Non-compliance with an existing standard, permit or regulation related to Gold King Mine in San Juan County, Colorado.