EPA entered into a prospective purchaser agreement (PPA) with Philadelphia Energy Solutions LLC (PES) and Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing LLC (PE R&M) to facilitate the continued operation of two Sunoco Philadelphia refineries. PES is a joint venture of The Carlyle Group LLC and Sunoco Inc (Sunoco). PES is the indirect owner of PE […]
EPA Enters Into CERCLA and RCRA PPAs Read More »
The Clean Air Act imposes an alphabet soup of emission control technologies on owners and operators of stationary sources. Depending on the regulatory program and air pollutants, a facility may have to comply with BACT, BART, BDT, GACT, LAER, MACT and RACT. While the process of identifying the applicable emission standard is largely a technical
Court Rejects EPA Challenge to State BACT Determination for Coal Power Plant Read More »
A federal district court ruled that purchaser of a coal-fired power plant was held liable as a successor for violations of the New Source Review program that had occurred prior to the transaction. The court said the purchaser had expressly assumed the liabilities even though the order of the bankruptcy court approving the sale provided