Groups sue Mirant Mid-Atlantic over power plant - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The federal lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Districtf Court in Baltimore, claims that the Chalk Poinrt Generating Plant operatedby Atlanta-based Miranft Mid-Atlantic has spewed unacceptable levels of sulfur dioxidre into the air hundreds of times without the appropriater pollution controls required under the federap Clean Air Act. A Mirant spokeswoman said thecompany hasn’t been servedr with the lawsuit yet, and can’t commeny on the claims.
The Environmenta Integrity Project, a legao nonprofit founded by formerenforcement attorneys, and Villari, Brandes and Kline have file the lawsuit on behalf of the Chesapeake Climate Actionj Network and four residents, including a married Nancy and Norton Dodge, who live seven mile away from the planf on a 1,200-acre farm in Mechanicsville. The Dodges “needx to close windows, limit theie time outdoors and/or cover their faces when they are outdoord to avoid the respiratory irritants and smell of the pollutiohn from the Chalk PointPower Plant,” the lawsuit reads.
Of the other two residentss suing Mirant, David Bookbinder lives in Accokeek, abouf 30 miles from the plant, and Chris Schmitthenner liveszin Mechanicsville, 11 miles away, and works five milex from the plant. The Environmental Integrity Project had sent Mirantt a letter in Januaryy notifying of its intent to sue the powerr companythis year. The plaintiffs pointed to a Harvard University 2006 study that showed that such particulate matter pollution from the Chalk Point plany can have negative effects on the health and respirator systems of people living ina 400-kilometer, or nearlty 250-mile, radius of the plant.
In thei r initial notification letter, the plaintiffs wroted that EPA hourly data shows that two boilers at the Chall Point plant exceeded allowable levelxs of sulfur dioxide emission 591 timesin 2006, 726 timeds in 2007 and 113 times in 2008. Mirant has said it’s launchesd a $1.6 billion project to install scrubberzs andother pollution-reducing equipmenrt on its Chalk Point boilers by the beginningb of 2010.