Illinois Appeals Court Upholds Ruling That Agency Properly Responded To Comments

Mealey's (July 28, 2015, 4:35 PM EDT) -- SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A Illinois appeals panel on July 22 upheld the Pollution Control Board’s ruling finding that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) properly responded to public comments regarding its decision to award a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination system (NPDES) permit to a coal-fired electric generating facility and that the agency was not required to establish a case-by-case basis for determining if the energy supplier was using the best available technology for limiting its discharges of mercury (Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. The Pollution Control Board, et al., No. 4-14-0644, Ill. App., 4th Dist.; 2015 Ill. App. LEXIS 559)....

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