← EPA enforcement cases

ENTERGY GULF STATES INC., LOUISIANA STATION PLANT 2

Administrative - Formal · FY2000 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 40468

—
Penalty
—
Cost recovery
—
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-2000-0852
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 167 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ), 42 U.S.C. SEC- TION 7477. 2. ENTERGY GULF STATES INC. LOUISIANA STATION PLANT 2 GULF STATES ROAD & SCENIC HIGHWAY BATON ROUGE, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA 70821 BATON ROUGE, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA 3. RESPONDENT PROPOSED TO RESTART UNITS 10, 11 AND 12 AT ITS GENERATING PLANT AND APPLIED FOR A TITLE V OPERATING PER- MIT AND A PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION ( PSD ) WITH LEDQ FOR LA. STATION 2. LDEQ REQUIRED THE RESPONDENT TO OBTAIN A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT TO RESTART AND OPERATE THE STATION. RESPONDENT DISAGREED WITH THE DETERMINATION. RESPONDENT ALSO CLAIMED THAT THE RESIDENTS OF BATON ROUGE FACE A SHRTFALL OF ELECTRIC CAPACITY IF THE STATION IS NOT RESTARTED. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 167 OF THE CAA, EPA, LDEQ AND ENTERGY AGREED THAT IN ORDER TO AVOID PROTRACTED LITIGATION AND POTENTIAL ELECTRIC CAPACITY SHORTFALLS THIS SUMMER, THE ISSUANCE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT (AOC) IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. THE AOC ALLOWS THE RESTART AND OPERATION OF LOUISANA STATION 2 WITHOUT A PSD PERMIT UNDER THE CAA WHILE THIS ORDER IS IN EFFECT.

Source

Authoritative
EPA ECHO
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown