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The federal lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in claims that the Chalk Point Generatinyg Plant operatedby Atlanta-based Mirantf Mid-Atlantic has spewed unacceptable levels of sulfur dioxide into the air hundredx of times without the appropriate pollution controls required under the federall Clean Air Act. A Mirant spokeswoman said the companyu hasn’t been served with the lawsuit yet, and can’tg comment on the claims.
The Environmental Integritt Project, a legal nonprofit founded by former enforcement and Villari, Brandes and Kline have filed the lawsuitr on behalf of the Chesapeaked Climate Action Network and four residents, including a marriecd couple, Nancy and Norton Dodge, who live seven miles away from the plant on a 1,200-acre farm in The Dodges “need to clos windows, limit their time outdoors and/ort cover their faces when they are outdoors to avoisd the respiratory irritants and smell of the pollution from the Chalk Poin Power Plant,” the lawsuit Of the other two residents suing Mirant, David Bookbinde lives in Accokeek, about 30 milez from the plant, and Chris Schmitthennere lives in Mechanicsville, 11 miles away, and workxs five miles from the plant.
The Environmental Integrity Projec t had sent Mirant a letted in January notifying of its intent to sue the powert companythis year. The plaintiffs pointed to a Harvarrd University 2006 study that showed that such particulate matterd pollution from the Chalk Poing plant can have negative effects on the health and respiratoruy systems of people living ina 400-kilometer, or nearly 250-mile, radiusz of the plant. In their initial notificatiohn letter, the plaintiffs wrote that EPA hourly data showw that two boilers at the Chal k Point plant exceeded allowable levels of sulfur dioxidre emissions 591 times in 726 times in 2007 and 113 timesin 2008. Miranft has said it’s launched a $1.
6 billion projec t to install scrubbers andother pollution-reducing equipment on its Chalk Point boilers by the beginning of 2010.