ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Clean Air Act • Major Source Permit • First Impression

Citizens for Pa.’s Future v. Ultra Resources Inc., PICS Case No. 15-0350 (M.D. Pa. Feb. 23, 2015) Mariani, J. (32 pages).

A company may not be required to consolidate its compressor stations so that they are considered a single facility and require a major source permit under the Clear Air Act, if the stations are located miles apart and do not qualify as “contiguous” or “adjacent” to one another. Ruling on an issue of apparent first impression in Third Circuit, the court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment.