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EPA to step up that enforcement, industry should be prepared for an uptick in Clean Air Act Section 114 information requests. CAA 114 broadly authorizes EPA to require a company to provide information it may reasonably require for developing a State Implementation Plan.
The agreement between the State of Wyoming at PacifiCorp will keep a unit of the Jim Bridger Power Plant online past the previous closure deadline of Apr. 30, which has been signed by Gordon. Carbon capture technologies may also lengthen the lifespan of the facility, which has been operating for over 50 years.
These groups say that allowing units of the Jim Bridger Power Plant to remain open without having installed pollution control measures violates the latest round of the EPA's Regional Haze Program. Earlier this month, they notified the EPA of their intent to sue if the program's rules aren't enforced.
Governor Mark Gordon has reached a deal with Pacificorp to keep two units open at the Jim Bridger Power Plant, but are still waiting on approval from the EPA.
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