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SW: added oct 08, feb 09, may 09 updates
In June 2007, the Warrick County Commissioners and the Newburgh Town Council voted to formally object to the air pollution permit for the plant. At a highly contentious public hearing on June 29, dozens of area residents expressed opposition to the plant.<ref>[http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/jun/30/no-headline---30a01cash/ “Power Plant Hearing Fills Up”], ''Evansville Courier Press'', June 30, 2007.</ref> On Nov. 30, 2007, Erora announced that the Kentucky Division for Air Quality had approved the air permit for the plant; the project still needs additional regulatory approval, and construction is expected to begin in 2008.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN3033537620071130 "Kentucky Advanced-Coal Project Obtains Air Permit"], Reuters, November 30, 2007.</ref> Valley Watch is leading the opposition to the plant.
On October 2, 2008, Erora Group submitted a revised PSD air permit application to the Kentucky Division of Air Quality for the plant.<ref>[http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp "Stopping the Coal Rush"], Sierra Club, accessed May 2009. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)</ref>
On February 17, 2009, the Sierra Club filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking an order requiring the EPA to grant or deny Sierra Club's petitions against the Title V Operating Permit. The deadline for the EPA ruling was nearly one year ago.<ref>[http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp "Stopping the Coal Rush"], Sierra Club, accessed May 2009. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)</ref>
On April 3, 2009, the Sierra Club filed comments on the Clean Water Act permit application. Erora has proposed to fill 1,545 feet of intermittent streams with gasifier slag. As of May, the air permit application is still under review by the Kentucky Division of Air Quality <ref>[http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp "Stopping the Coal Rush"], Sierra Club, accessed May 2009. (This is a Sierra Club list of new coal plant proposals.)</ref>
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