Opinion ID: 76602
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Sierra Club's Challenge to Oglethorpe's Permit

Text: 8 Plant Wansley, is an approximately 5,200-acre site located in Heard County, Georgia, consisting of two 880-megawatt coal-fired units, one 50-megawatt oil-fired combustion turbine, and ancillary equipment. On July 28, 2000, Georgia Power, the owner of Plant Wansley, received a permit to build four new power blocks for the plant, Blocks 6, 7, 8, and 9. 5 Subsequently, Georgia Power decided to transfer one as yet unbuilt power block, Block 8, to Oglethorpe, and another, Block 9, to the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG). On November 30, 2000, Oglethorpe applied to EPD for a joint preconstruction and Title V permit for Block 8. EPD has repeatedly noted that Blocks 6,7,8, and 9 operate under common control and continue to comprise the same Title I and Title V site. 6 9 Sierra Club argues that Oglethorpe is a part owner of noncompliant Plant Scherer, and therefore Oglethorpe could not satisfy the Georgia Rule and EPA should have objected to its permit. 7 EPA rejected this argument. We conclude that in reaching its conclusions, EPA failed to consider important aspects of the problem, and thus acted arbitrarily and capriciously. 8