Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided June 24, 2010No. 2009AP648PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHigginbotham, J.
¶ 1. This case involves a dispute over an air pollution permit for the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Marathon County. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued the air pollution permit to Wisconsin Public Service Corporation and Dairyland Power Cooperative (collectively, WPSC) for the Weston Generating Station Unit 4 power plant (Weston 4). Sierra Club appeals the circuit court's decision affirming the DNR's "best available control technology" (BACT) determinations for the air emissions construction permit.
¶ 2. Sierra Club challenges four of the BACT…
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