Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Tennessee Valley Authority
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided January 6, 2009No. 3:02-cv-2279-VEHPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Virginia E. Hopkins, District Judge.
I. PROCEDURAL POSTURE
This action commenced on September 16, 2002. (Complaint, Doc. 1). The Plaintiffs, Sierra Club and Alabama Environmental Council, Inc. (“Plaintiffs”), complained that the Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA”) had violated the Clean Air Act, and the Alabama State Implementation Plan (the “SIP”). Specifically, Plaintiffs alleged that TVA had violated, at its Colbert Plant (“Colbert”) the 20% opacity limit contained in the SIP and thereby violated 42 U.S.C. § 7604(a)(1) and (f), the SIP, Alabama Admin. Code r.…
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