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The federal lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Courg in Baltimore, claims that the Chalk Poinf Generating Plant operatedby Atlanta-basecd Mirant Mid-Atlantic has spewed unacceptablew levels of sulfur dioxide into the air hundreds of times withou t the appropriate pollution controls required under the federal Clean Air Act. A Miran spokeswoman said the companty hasn’t been served with the lawsuir yet, and can’t comment on the claims.
The Environmental Integritu Project, a legal nonprofit founded by former enforcement and Villari, Brandes and Kline have filed the lawsuit on behalfr of the Chesapeake Climate Action Networmk and four residents, includinb a married couple, Nanc and Norton Dodge, who live seven miles away from the plantt on a 1,200-acre farm in The Dodges “need to close windows, limit their time outdoors and/or cover their faces when they are outdoors to avoid the respiratoryh irritants and smell of the pollution from the Chaljk Point Power Plant,” the lawsuitt reads.
Of the othedr two residents suing Mirant, David Bookbindetr lives in Accokeek, about 30 milesx from the plant, and Chris Schmitthenneer livesin Mechanicsville, 11 miles and works five miles from the plant. The Environmental Integrityy Project had sent Mirant a letter in January notifyinh of its intent to sue the power compan ythis year. The plaintiffs pointed to a Harvard University 2006 study that showed that such particulate matter pollution from the Chalko Point plant can have negative effects on the healthj and respiratory systems of people livinvg ina 400-kilometer, or nearly 250-mile, radiu s of the plant.
In their initial notificationh letter, the plaintiffs wrote that EPA hourly data showds that two boilers at the Chalk Point plant exceeded allowable levels of sulfuer dioxide emissions 591 times in 726 times in 2007 and 113 timein 2008. Mirant has said it’s launched a $1.6 billiob project to install scrubbers andotherf pollution-reducing equipment on its Chalk Poinrt boilers by the beginningy of 2010.