In re Footprint Power Salem Harbor Development, LP

The petitioners asked the First Circuit to dismiss their case, indicating that they had been unable to secure counsel to represent them and that they were unable to proceed appropriately on a pro se basis.

On November 28, 2014, four individuals filed a petition in the First Circuit Court of Appeals seeking review of air permits issued by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for a natural gas-fired power plant. The facility is located in Salem, Massachusetts. The EPA Environmental Appeals Board previously denied review of the permits.

The EPA Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) denied a petition seeking review of a Clean Air Act <a href="https://climatecasechart.com/case/in-re-petition-of-footprint-power-salem-harbor-development-lp-for-approval-to-construct-a-bulk-generating-facility-in-the-city-of-salem-massachusetts/">permit</a> for a natural gas-fired power plant in Massachusetts. The EAB concluded, among other findings, that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection had properly set the greenhouse gas "best available control technology" limit.