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February 2009
No. 400

Justice Dept. Sues Westar Jeffrey over NSR Projects

The EPA has filed a lawsuit accusing Westar Energy Inc. of violating federal air quality laws at one of its coal-fired power plants. The federal lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Kansas City, KS, says Westar made major modifications to the Jeffrey Energy Center in St. Marys, Kansas over the past decade but didn’t update the plant’s pollution control equipment.

Westar Energy, Inc. issued this response to the EPA/U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit:

“We have known for more than six years, and have even publicly disclosed, that the Department of Justice at some point might file a lawsuit. We are good environmental stewards, and that is why over the last several years we have invested nearly $500 million to remove up to 90 percent of the very emissions that the EPA has targeted with its complaint. We also expect to invest more than $1 billion in additional equipment over the next five years.”

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