U.S. EPA, et al. v. Alabama Power Company

8/12/2019 U.S. EPA, et al. v. Alabama Power Company

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372 F.Supp.2d 1283, 60 ERC 1901

Motions, Pleadings and FilingsJudges and Attorneys

United States District Court,N.D. Alabama,

Southern Division.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff,

Alabama Environmental Council, PlaintiffIntervenor

v.ALABAMA POWER COMPANY, Defendant.

No. CIV.A.01152VEH.June 3, 2005.

Background:United States brought Clean Air Act (CAA) enforcement action against powercompany, alleging that company failed to obtain New Source Review (NSR) permits formodifications to electrical power generating plants.

Holdings:The District Court,Hopkins,J., held that:(1)interpretation of implementing rules by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was notentitled to deference;(2)permit exclusion for routine repairs and modifications was applicable; and(3)emission increases would be calculated only on basis of maximum hourly emission rates.

So ordered.

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15Ak431k. Deference to agency in general.Most Cited Cases(Formerly 361k219(1))

Considerable weight should be accorded to executive department's construction of statutoryscheme it is entrusted to administer.



15Ak431k. Deference to agency in general.Most Cited Cases(Formerly 361k219(1))

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Agency's interpretation of its own regulations must be given controlling weight unless it isplainly erroneous or inconsistent with regulation.



15Ak438Particular Statutes and Contexts15Ak438(21)k. Environment and health.Most Cited Cases

(Formerly 361k219(6.1))

149EEnvironmental Law KeyCite Citing References for this Headnote149EXIIIJudicial Review or Intervention149Ek677Scope of Inquiry on Review of Administrative Decision

149Ek683k. Air pollution.Most Cited Cases(Formerly 361k219(6.1))

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have unbridled discretion to construe CleanAir Act (CAA) Amendments free from judicial oversight; rather, court must consider whetherEPA's construction comports with its statutory mandate and congressional intent in enactingclean air legislation. Clean Air Act, 101 et seq., as amended,42 U.S.C.A. 7401 et seq.


149EEnvironmental Law

149EXIIIJudicial Review or Intervention149Ek677Scope of Inquiry on Review of Administrative Decision149Ek683k. Air pollution.Most Cited Cases

Interpretation of Clean Air Act (CAA) implementing rules by Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA), governing requirements for obtaining New Source Review (NSR) permits formodifications to electrical power generating plants, was not entitled toChevrondeference; EPAfailed to express care, consistency, formality, and persuasiveness in its official position, and EPAattempted to redefine rules through litigation rather than rulemaking. Clean Air Act, 160, asamended,42 U.S.C.A. 7470;40 C.F.R. 52.21(b)(2).


149EEnvironmental Law149EVIAir Pollution149Ek266Particular Sources of Pollution149Ek269k. Power-generating facilities; utilities.Most Cited Cases
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In Clean Air Act (CAA) enforcement action brought against power company, alleging thatcompany failed to obtain New Source Review (NSR) permits for modifications to electricalpower generating plants, permit exclusion for routine repairs and modifications (RMRR) wouldapply to projects that were routine within industry, i.e., work of type performed commonlywithin industry. Clean Air Act, 160, as amended,42 U.S.C.A. 7470;40 C.F.R. 52.21(b)(2).


149EEnvironmental Law149EVIAir Pollution149Ek266Particular Sources of Pollution149Ek269k. Power-generating facilities; utilities.Most Cited Cases

In Clean Air Act (CAA) enforcement action brought against power company, alleging thatcompany failed to obtain New Source Review (NSR) permits for modifications to electricalpower generating plants, emission increases would be calculated on basis of maximum hourly

emission rates rather than annual actual emissions; maximum hourly emissions would berequired to increase before permitting requirements would be triggered. Clean Air Act, 160, asamended,42 U.S.C.A. 7470;40 C.F.R. 52.21(b)(2).

*1284Alice H. Martin,US Attorney,John C. Bell,Lloyd C. Peeples, III,US Attorney's Office,Birmingham, AL,Lois J. Schiffer,Richard Mark Gladstein,David Rosskam,Deborah N. Behles,James R. MacAyeal,Katherine Erin Konschnik,Thomas L. Sansonetti,US Department ofJustice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

M. James Grode,Gilbert B. Rogers,Mary MacLean Asbill,Southern Environmental LawCenter, Atlanta, GA, Jeffrey M. Gleason, Southern Environmental Law Center, Charlottesville,

VA, for PlaintiffIntervenor.

P. S. Gidiere, III,Spencer M. Taylor,Lyle D. Larson,Michael D. Freeman,R. Bruce Barze, Jr.,Steven F. Casey,Steven G. McKinney,Balch & Bingham LLP,Minda Riley Campbell,Constangy Brooks & Smith, Birmingham, AL,Steven J. Hewitson,Daniel S. Reinhardt,Margaret Claiborne Campbell,Marshall B. Barton,Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, GA, forDefendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION ON CORRECT LEGAL TESTS

HOPKINS,District Judge.

I. I ntroduction and Procedural Background
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