Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Franklin County Power of Illinois, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 27, 2008No. 06-4045PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Franklin County Power of Illinois, LLC, wants to build a coal power plant in southern Illinois. Because the plant will emit a significant amount of air pollution, the Company must first obtain a “Prevention of Significant Deterioration” (PSD) permit from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), the agency that the federal EPA has designated as the issuer of PSD permits in Illinois. Although the IEPA granted the Company a PSD permit in 2001, the IEPA has since made a “preliminary determination” that the permit has expired.
Sierra Club is a non-profit…
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