Description: Lawsuit to compel Colorado agencies to act on two Title V permit renewal applications for a refinery.
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WildEarth Guardians v. Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
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Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 01/10/2022 Order Download Plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment granted in part and agency defendants ordered to take action on permit renewal applications without delay. Colorado Court Ordered Agencies to Act on Permit Renewals for Refinery. In a suit to compel Colorado agencies to act on Title V permit renewal applications for a refinery that is allegedly the largest non-coal source of greenhouse gas emissions in Colorado, a Colorado District Court granted in part WildEarth Guardians’ request for partial summary judgment and ordered the agencies to take action on the permit renewal applications “without further delay.” 02/16/2021 Complaint Download Complaint filed. WildEarth Guardians Filed Lawsuit to Compel Agency Decision on Refinery Permits. WildEarth Guardians filed a lawsuit in Colorado District Court seeking to compel Colorado agencies to act on two Title V permit renewal applications for a refinery that is allegedly the largest non-coal source of greenhouse gas emissions in Colorado. The applications were submitted in September 2016 and October 2010. In its announcement of the suit, WildEarth Guardians called the refinery an “environmental injustice” and indicated that WildEarth Guardians and others had previously called for the permits to be denied and the refinery shut down due to chronic air quality violations.