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Nevada Power Company Clean Air Act Settlement

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The air quality in Nevada will improve because the federal government is requiring Nevada Power Company (Nevada Power) to reduce emissions of a harmful air pollutant, nitrogen oxides (NOx), by about 2,300 tons annually.

The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency today announced a $60.7 million Clean Air Act settlement with Nevada Power. The settlement resolves the federal government's claims that Nevada Power violated the New Source Review (NSR) provisions of the Clean Air Act at the Clark Generating Station (Clark Station) by undertaking modifications of combustion turbines and increasing emissions of NOx without installing the required air pollution controls. The settlement is expected to reduce NOx emissions by about 2,300 tons annually at Clark Station, a natural gas-fired power plant in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This is the first NSR settlement with an electric utility concerning alleged violations at a gas-fired power plant. It is also the second NSR settlement in the past year in the Western United States.

"Today's settlement allows Clark County residents to breathe easier," said Granta Nakayama, EPA's Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. "This action protects public health by reducing harmful air emissions by more than 2,000 tons each year.

For more information, contact:

Ron Rutherford
Western Field Office
12345 W. Alameda Parkway, Suite 214
Denver, Colorado 80228
(303) 236-9515
rutherford.ron@epa.gov

Jeff Kodish
Western Field Office
12345 W. Alameda Parkway, Suite 214
Denver, Colorado 80228
(303) 236-9511
kodish.jeff@epa.gov

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