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Nine South Bay projects halted by emissions ruling

By Richard Binder

A Los Angeles Superior Court judgment issued last month has blocked at least nine modernization projects at public and private facilities in the South Bay, including planned upgrades at two public facilities - the Palos Verdes Landfill and the Terminal Island Sewage Treatment Plant - as well as the installation of new equipment at the local sites of seven companies. The South Bay projects are among dozens so far that have been affected by the sweeping court ruling, which was appealed earlier this month.

The ruling, which invalidated the process used by the South Coast Air Quality Management District to give out emissions credits for new equipment, could affect hundreds and even thousands more public and private projects that need those credits in the coming year, district officials said.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on December 29, 2008 (boomark / email).