TRENTON--Attorney General Anne Milgram announced today that New Jersey has filed a lawsuit against Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic Power Holdings, current owner of a coal-fired power plant located in Pennsylvania, alleging that Reliant has violated the federal Clean Air Act by modifying and operating the plant without required pollution control equipment and construction permits.
The lawsuit also names three past owners of the plant as defendants, including Sithe Energies, Inc., Metropolitan Edison Co. and GPU, Inc.
Filed in U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania, the lawsuit alleges that emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from the Reliant-owned Portland Generating Station in Northampton County, Pa. situated upwind and directly across the Delaware River from Warren County continue to emit harmful pollutants that impact New Jersey’s air quality, citizens and environment.
The complaint alleges that the Portland plant has been modified in ways that caused increased emissions of air pollutants. The complaint also alleges that the Portland plant’s owners failed to apply for, or obtain, required permits before modifying the plant, and that they continued to operate the facility without the best available pollution control technology in violation of the Clean Air Act.
New Jersey Office of the Attorney General
www.state.nj.us/lps
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