By Bill W. Hornaday

Arkansas Democrat Gazette





Opponents of a proposed $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant near Texarkana are appealing a federal judge’s July ruling that some types of construction are allowed before obtaining an air permit required by the Clean Air Act.

In a brief filed with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis, the Hempstead County Hunting Club argues that U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes misinterpreted the “plain language” used by Congress when it amended the act in 1977 to prevent “significant de...

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