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American Municipal Power Clean Air Act Settlement

(WASHINGTON, DC - May 18, 2010) American Municipal Power (AMP), an Ohio non-profit utility, will permanently retire its Richard H. Gorsuch Station coal-fired power plant near Marietta under a settlement to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today.  As part of the settlement, AMP will also spend $15 million on an environmental mitigation project and pay a civil penalty of $850,000.

“Today’s settlement substantially reduces harmful air pollution from coal-fired power plants, and requires a large scale energy efficiency program within the AMP community” said Cynthia Giles, Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.  “These pollutants can cause severe respiratory and cardiovascular impacts, and are significant contributors to acid rain, smog, and haze.  Coal-fired power plants of all sizes are large sources of air emissions, and EPA is committed to making sure that they all comply with the law."

“This settlement will eliminate thousands of tons of harmful emissions that were emitted from this coal-fired power plant annually and will significantly benefit air quality,” said Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.  “We are glad that AMP has chosen to come into compliance with the Clean Air Act.”

 

Enforcement Initiatives

For more information, contact:

Seema Kakade
Air Enforcement Division
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (MC 2242A)
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 564-2416
kakade.seema@epa.gov

Gregory Fried
Air Enforcement Division
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW (MC 2242A)
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 564-7016
fried.gregory@epa.gov

 

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