Nucor Steel

500m to heartland, biggest by far of 21

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Steve Rowlan is the environmental general manager at Nucor Corp., which is 24 on the 2010 Political Economy Research Institute <a href="http://www.peri.umass.edu/toxic_index/">Toxic 100 Air Polluters</a> lis

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<h2>Environmental assessment</h2>

In April 2007, Santee Cooper initiated the Environmental Impact Statement process on the plants. On October 9, 2007, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control (DEHC) issued a draft Prevention of Significant Deterioration permit for the project, provoking an October 25 protest by several environmental groups in Columbia.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pee_Dee_Generating_Facility#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a> On November 8, a Pamplico hearing on the DHEC permit was attended by dozens of project opponents – as well as by hundreds of Santee Cooper, Alcoa, and Nucor employees, who were brought in on a chartered bus.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pee_Dee_Generating_Facility#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a> On December 6, a group of local physicians protested outside the DHEC office in Florence, demanding that DHEC test Pee Dee River residents for mercury poisoning before the permit is approved; on December 14, a DHEC spokesperson stated that DHEC had not yet decided whether to follow up on the physicians’ requests.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pee_Dee_Generating_Facility#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a>

On December 7, the U.S. Department of the Interior requested that the project be put on hold, pending an analysis of the damage that the plant would cause to the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge. The DHEC extended the public comments period on the draft permit until January 22, 2008.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pee_Dee_Generating_Facility#cite_note-4" title="">[5]</a>
sued epa
hatch sued?
BRADLEY MURCHISONKELLY & sHEA LLCSHREVEPORT I NEW ORLEANS I BATON ROUGE 201 4SEP /7c .-:o · .. "' .. r- ,..I ,' .C..• "0BRADLEYFI RM .COMDavid R. TaggartPartnerShreveportDirect: (318) 934-4014dtaggart@bradleyfirm.com[ \' ... f"\J !T, - ~September 't't'2bf4··VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED TO ALLMs. Gina McCarthy, AdministratorEnvironmental Protection Agency1200 Pennsylvania, N.W.Washington, DC 20460Honorable Eric Holder,Attorney General, United States of AmericaU.S. Department of Justice950 Pennsylvania A venue, NWWashington, DC 20530-0001Peggy Hatch, SecretaryLouisiana Department of EnvironmentalQualityP.O. Box 4301Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4301Mr. Ron Curry, Regional AdministratorU.S. EPA Region 61445 Ross A venue, Suite 1200Dallas, TX 75202Re: First Notice of Intent to File Citizen Suit Against Administrator McCarthyregarding Nucor permit nos. PSD-LA-740, 2560-00281-VO, and 2560-00281-Vl.Dear Administrator McCarthy:Pursuant to the Clean Air Act ("CAA'' or "the Act") § 304(b), 42 U.S.C. § 7604(b), thiscorrespondence provides 60 days' notice that Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC and ConsolidatedEnvironmental Management, Inc., a fully-owned subsidiary of Nucor Corporation (collectively,"Nucor"), intend to file a citizen suit against Administrator McCarthy and the EnvironmentalProtection Agency (collectively referred to herein as "EPA") for failure to take mandatory actionunder the CAA § 304(a)(2), 42 U.S.C. § 7604(a)(2), for violations of the AdministrativeProcedure Act ("APA"), 5 U.S.C. §§ 551-706, and for relief under the Declaratory Judgment Act("DJA''), 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-2202. By separate letter Nucor is also providing 180 days' notice ofits intent to file a citizen suit for unreasonable delay in taking a mandatory action.Persons Giving Notice:Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC9101 Highway 3125Convent, LA 70723Consolidated Environmental Management, Inc.1915 Rexford RoadCharlotte, North Carolina 28211 BRADLEY MURCHISON KELLY & SHEA LLCEnvironmental Protection Agency et al.September 12, 2014Page 2Nucor Corporation1915 Rexford RoadCharlotte, North Carolina 28211Nucor's Counsel:Mr. David R. TaggartBradley Murchison Kelly & Shea LLC401 Edwards Street, Suite 1 000Shreveport, Louisiana 71101Phone: (318) 227-1131Fax: (318) 227-1141Summary of Violations:EPA issued orders on March 23, 2012 ("2012 Order") and January 30, 2014 ("2014Order") related to permits held by Nucor. These orders violated the CAA and constitutedarbitrary and capricious agency action in the following ways:1. EPA purported to state objections to a Prevention of Significant Deterioration("PSD") permit in the guise of a title V permit objection, in violation of 42 U.S.C. §7477 (2011);2. EPA disregarded the express congressional command in 42 U.S.C. § 7661d(b)(2) thatobjections are to be made within 60 days of receipt of a petition to object;3. EPA purported to state objections that are based solely on EPA's own policypreferences, and not the express requirements of the CAA, the Part 70 regulations, orthe Louisiana State Implementation Plan ("SIP"), which provide the sole basis for ' .BRADLEY MURCHISON KELLY & SHEA LLCEnvironmental Protection Agency et al.September 12, 2014Page 3decision in this matter. 42 U.S.C. § 7661d(b); 40 C.F.R. 70.8(c); LAC 33:III.507;LAC 33:III.533.C;4. The 2012 Order extended additional petition rights to petitioners and allowed them tofile additional petitions to object even after the state has responded to the Order, inviolation of 42 U.S.C. § 7661d(b)(2);5. EPA has failed to issue, revoke, modify or terminate Nucor' s permits after timelyreceipt of Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality's ("LDEQ") response toEPA's 2014 Order;6. EPA's strategy to avoid making what they believe to be a "final agency action" hasdeliberately ensured that Nucor's permits will forever remain in administrative limbowithout the opportunity for judicial review; and7. If EPA contends that the CAA does not mandate an opportunity for judicial reviewbecause LDEQ has satisfied its objections, then EPA's actions and its application ofthe CAA are unconstitutional as they have deprived Nucor of due process.Jurisdiction and Venue:The purpose of this letter is to give 60 days' notice of statutory violations committed byEPA so that EPA is afforded a fair opportunity to rectify those deficiencies. Should EPA fail tofully resolve Nucor's permits in the manner set forth below, Nucor will file suit in the EasternDistrict of Louisiana and seek declaratory and injunctive relief, including attorneys' fees andcosts. Jurisdiction in the Eastern District of Louisiana is based on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 , 42 U.S.C.§ 7604(a)(2), 5 U.S.C. §§ 551-706, and 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-2202. ....<h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.2rem 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Garamond, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(228, 94, 12); text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 2.3125rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Chemicals & Petrochemicals</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; font-family: garamond, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.2; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Bradley Murchison, a member of the Louisiana Chemical Association, understands the significance of the growth of the chemical industry particularly along the Mississippi River. 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