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Jan 20
Landmark Ruling: Illinois Pollution Control Board Upholds NPDES Permit for MWGen Waukegan Generating Station
On January 19, 2017, the Illinois Pollution Control Board ruled in favor of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) and Midwest Generation LLC (MWGen) in their defense of a third-party appeal by various environmental groups of an NPDES permit issued to the MWGen Waukegan…
Jul 13
Clarifying Regulatory Relief: Illinois Pollution Control Board Upholds Thermal Alternative Effluent Limit for Waukegan Generating Station
The Waukegan Generating Station, like many power plants, uses an “open-cycle” water intake to cool its equipment, and this results in heated effluent being returned to the water body. Heat is considered a “pollutant” under the Clean Water Act, but a thermal discharger can seek…