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Environmental

Nov. 5, 2011

Groups sue EPA over approved permits

Several environmental groups sued the federal Environmental Protection Agency Thursday over its decision to grant air quality permits to a 600 megawatt power plant to be built in the San Joaquin Valley.

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Several environmental groups sued the federal Environmental Protection Agency Thursday over its decision to grant air quality permits to a 600 megawatt power plant to be built in the San Joaquin Valley.

The groups, including the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and Greenaction, filed a petition for review with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to overturn the permits for the Avenal power plant to be built b...

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