Alabama Power Company Clean Air Settlement

Washington, D.C. - The air quality in Alabama and downwind states will improve significantly because the federal government and the state of Alabama are requiring a utility to reduce emissions of two harmful pollutants by 28,000 tons per year.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency today announced a partial settlement of a case alleging violations of the New Source Review (NSR) provisions of the Clean Air Act against the Alabama Power Company James H. Miller, Jr. Plant, a coal-fired power plant near West Jefferson, Ala. This consent decree will reduce emissions of harmful sulfur dioxide (SO₂) and nitrogen oxides (NO_x) from the Miller plant. The pollution controls and other measures required by the consent decree are expected to cost in excess of $200 million.

Press Release (4/25/06)

Fact Sheet

Partial Consent Decree (PDF) (233K, 60 pp, About pdf)
The enclosed Partial Consent Decree resolves only the construction claims brought regarding Plant Miller; it does not resolve the NSR claims alleged by the United States regarding modifications made by APC at five coal-fired power plants located elsewhere in Alabama. Those claims are presently stayed before the Northern District of Alabama.

For more information, contact:

Meredith G. Miller
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
OECA/OCE/AED
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460
Office: 202-564-4184
miller.meredith@epa.gov

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Alabama Power Company Clean Air Settlement

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