As key NSR trial begins, parties spar over remedy

Parties to a major EPA enforcement case over the Clean Air Act’s new source review (NSR) program are sparring over what penalties Ameren, a utility, should face for its violations, with a judge agreeing with Justice Department (DOJ) and environmentalist claims that he can force the company to install pollution controls, while the utility disagrees. Judge Rodney Sippel of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri is presiding over the remedy phase trial, which began April 8...