Duke Power, R Gallagher Plant in Indiana, viewed across Ohio River. Image credit:WebEcoist
Long story short: in the1990’s Duke Energy’s Gallagher Coal-Fired Plant ducked ‘prevention of significant deterioration’ regs, either by increasing the plant’s generation capacity or by otherwise changing operations in a manner not consistent with then-existing air operating permit conditions for sulfur dioxide emissions. (Permit modifications should have been first applied for first. This sort of activity has been a common issue with US utilities.) Per EPA enforceme…Read the full story on TreeHugger
